On Sun, Mar 12, 2000 at 02:30:05PM -0700, Brett Fowlkes wrote: > Coming into Linux is a little overwhelming, especially I think since I chose > Debian. I am coming along ok I think but I have a few more questions. In > the book I bought that is based on Debian 2.1 it says that wu-ftp-academ, or > something very similar, controls all the ftp access but when I installed it, > it said it had been replaced by netstd, which I installed but now I don't > know how to configure my ftp server. I saw the file ftpusers, but this just > limits who can't log on I think. I want to be able to set permessions and > such. Do "apt-get install proftpd" and it will configure a fairly secure ftp server offering you the choice to have or not have anonymous access.
> > I've been trying to read about linux security but I am just overwhelmed with > information and I'm not really sure where to start. I did d/l the Debian > patches. I am going to setup a webserver. So where should I go from there? > add this line to /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://security.debian.org/ stable updates Now run apt-get update followed by apt-get upgrade. There's all the security patches applied. Do that once a month and you're secure in terms of the software. > Thanks, > > Brett > > oh yeah does anyone know a quick way to disable port 111? > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Patrick Kirk Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggy" until you can find a rock.
