Re: ftp

[Matthew Daubenspeck <matt@oddprocess.org>]

On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 05:43:21PM -0600, Donald Spoon wrote:
> I believe the ftp "client" is installed by default... much the same as 
> in Windows.  The daemon needed to make the machine a ftp "server" is 
> not.  There are several you can install via "apt-get"...
> 
> 1.  ftpd
> 2.  proftpd
> 3.  wu-ftpd
> 4.  others??
> 
> I like proftpd.  Installation is simple, and almost automatic with 
> apt-get.  About the only config question you have is about allowing 
> "anonymous" logins.  I don't, and it has worked right from the start for me.
> 
> If you are worried about security, you might want to look into using 
> SSH.  The "scp" function works very much like ftp, but over a secure ssh 
> link.

You can also use SSH's secure FTP server, sftp.

It uses roughly the same command structure as the standard ftp
clients, but is tunneled through SSH.