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From: Keith Barringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I've been assigned the task of setting up an FTP
> server at work. I am very new to Linux and have
> currently loaded Mandrake 7.2 because I am familiar
> with it.
>
> I d/l OFTPD, but it appears to only be a server to do
> downloads from and I need s
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Keith Barringer wrote:
>
> Any suggestions FTP programs and/or any tricks and
> hints would be appreciated.
My favourite is ProFTPD, I find it to be much more secure than wu and a
lot easier to configure! I've been very impressed by its features and
performance, and have b
Heya --
Quoth Keith:
> I've been assigned the task of setting up an FTP server at work
[snip] I was thinking of using wu, but with all of the vulnerabilities
> that were just released, I'm not that sure about using it.
>
> Any suggestions FTP programs and/or any tricks and hints would be
>
> Have you looked at ProFTPd? I'd certainly avoid
> wu-ftpd like the
> plague, for the security reasons you mention.
> BetaFTPd looks quite
> promising, but not ready for primetime yet...
> James.
I am downloading the glibc I need to run the most
current version (not the beta) and will definately
Depending on your user's tech level you might also
want to look into using Secure Copy (scp) or
Secure FTP (sftp)(http://www.openssh.org/). Both are
like rcp/ftp but use ssh and hence are much more
secure. The biggest issue with scp and sftp is there
are no really easy to use GUI programs
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001 07:39:16 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
>I've been assigned the task of setting up an FTP
>server at work. I am very new to Linux and have
>currently loaded Mandrake 7.2 because I am familiar
>with it.
>
>I d/l OFTPD, but it appears to only be a server to do
>downloads from and I n
