I was trying to setup an FTP server last night on my 5.3 box. I was using
the handbook and was instructed to make a new user ftp. So that worked
fine and I was able to upload to ftp's home dirrectory but wanted to know
if I can safley delete the .* files in his home dirrectory.
Yes.
I was also curious, if I change the permissions on /home/ftp to 755 then
people will be able to read but not write to the dirrectory (do they need
x permission to download a file?). But how do I make it so everyone can
read but only certain users can write. My goal would to not use local
accounts but pull usernames and passwords from a MySQL database. I would
rather not transfer the username and password in clear text.
If you want to permit certain users to write, the normal way of doing so is to create standard Unix user accounts for them, and use a shell of /usr/sbin/nologin.
However, if you care about account security, do not use FTP. SSH and scp are the way to go....
-- -Chuck
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