Re: Which UID to run ProFTPD under for anon access?
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Ralf G. R. Bergs wrote:
rabe >Hi there,
hello!
rabe >Should I create a user "ftp," or what else should I do to make things as safe
rabe >as possible?
rabe >
1) don't use proftpd. 2) use the stock ftpd taht comes with debian. if
you must use proftpd(again, strong urges NOT to use it) edit
/etc/proftpd.conf and you will see something like this, make sure it is
uncommented
<Anonymous ~ftp>
User ftp
Group nogroup
# We want clients to be able to login with "anonymous" as well as "ftp"
UserAlias anonymous ftp
change user/group accordingly to what u got and make sure the directory
exists (which is the ~ftp part inside <Anonymous ~ftp>, and restart
proftpd. provided the user/group and directory exists it should work.
proftpd has had a rash of security problems recently and im willing to be
this is just the beginning. if you value security dont use it. or use one
of the REAL old ones that were supposed to be secure(not the 1.2.x series)
nate
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