On Tuesday 06 June 2006 11:38, JimD wrote: > Does anyone have any suggestions/preferences to a secure FTP server > for Gentoo?
You've already heard a number of good suggestions here. I will state my support for the WinSCP option with one additional suggestion: Turn off shell access for the user in /etc/passwd and replace it with sftp like so: dad:x:1001:1001::/home/dad:/usr/lib/misc/sftp-server That way, if his box gets compromised, the intruder doesn't have a shell on your machine, just the ability to delete your dad's website ;-) Additionally, you may want to look into disabling password access alltogether for SSH instead opting for keys only. They can be restricted at the application layer (in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys) to reject requests for a login based on originating IP as well as key authentication. Frontpage is terrible, GoLive is comparable to Frontpage and Dreamweaver sucks... less. They're all guilty of using deprecated tags everywhere and they all create a dependency on the GUI rather than Doing It Right. I very much recommend Homesite, as it's less susceptible to the typical Dreamweaver-esque blunders. Lastly, I believe Dreamweaver, in combination with Putty can play nice with SFTP, and Homesite may very well be the same given that they're currently owned by the same company (Macromedia) -- Overspecialize, and you breed in weakness. It's slow death. - Ghost in the Shell -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
