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Re: Recommended, easy to manage FTP server for Debian Lenny?



shawn wilson <ag4ve.us@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 5:48 AM, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 03:39:12 +0100, Csanyi Pal wrote:
>
>> I'm searching for an easy to manage FTP server for Debian
>> Lenny. 
>    
> (...)
>
> I've worked with Vsftpd in the past and found it very easy to setup
> and manage (only one config file) but people tend to prefer ProFTPD
> for multi- host sites (maybe is more complete or has more features, I
> dunno :-?). 
>
> If you need a GUI for user handling, webmin could be an option, as it 
> provides modules for "proftpd" (and "vsftp", IIRC) as well as other
> FTP servers.
>
> P.S. There was a recently exploit in ProFTPD package, if you are
> thinking in installing, just ensure you get an unaffected package. 
>
> Otherwise, i'd setup a webui for transferring data over
> ssl/tls. Remember, there is nothing secure about ftp.

OK, and which one webui would you setup and how for this purpose?

-- 
Regards, Paul Chany
<http://sourceforge.net/projects/lptinterface/>
<http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/lpt-interface/>
<http://csanyi-pal.info>


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