On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 12:55:59 +0100, Csanyi Pal wrote: > Camaleón writes: > >> If you need a GUI for user handling, webmin could be an option, as it >> provides modules for "proftpd" (and "vsftp", IIRC) as well as other FTP >> servers. > > On Debian GNU/Linux Lenny and on Squeeze the command: aptitude search > webmin give to me no results. > > One can download webmin debian package from here: > http://www.webmin.com/deb.html > > Why isn't it in the Debian repository?
http://wiki.debian.org/Webmin > Is it safe to install it from there? http://www.webmin.com/deb.html "Safe"? Dunno, last time I installed from upstream it worked just fine (I was running openSUSE). But the "safest" solution is manually editing the configuration files ;-) > I have tried gforge-ftp-proftpd; I have installed it on my server box > but then I don't know how to use it? /usr/share/doc/gforge-ftp-proftpd/README.Debian.gz But I don't know what the program is aimed for ("gadmin-proftpd" seems to be a front-end for setting up proftp but the one you mention looks like another thing) :-? >> P.S. There was a recently exploit in ProFTPD package, if you are >> thinking in installing, just ensure you get an unaffected package. > > I have installed it on Lenny with command: 'sudo aptitude install > proftpd' so I think it is unaffected because I trust to Debian > maintainers that Debian is the most secure operating system, right? The bug was tracked here: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=602769 It seems lenny packages were not affected. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.12.05.12.09...@gmail.com
