Re: ProFTP security


Subject: Re: ProFTP security
From: Jason P. Stanford (stanford@early.com)
Date: Thu Sep 30 1999 - 13:42:17 MDT


Do I also need to add the /home/ftp/{etc,bin,pub,...} directories? Or
is that only if I want/need anonymous logins? At the moment, these
directories (and their contents) do not exist...

Rich Lafferty wrote:
>
> Quoting Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com) from Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 02:48:32PM -0600:
> >
> > Note that we are considering which ftp servers to use in future versions.
> > Where can I find OpenBSD's ftpd? That might be worth a look..
>
> Oh, sorry, forgot that part :-)
>
> I picked up the Linux port of it from
>
> ftp://ftp.infomagic.com/pub/mirrors/linux/sunsite/system/daemons/ftpd-BSD-0.2.1.tar.gz
>
> (so I assume it's on sunsite too :-).
>
> It built cleanly from that; the only thing missing is a PAM
> configuration. (It builds with PAM by default, but one must notice
> this and remember to add an 'ftp' instance to the PAM configuration or
> spend much time scratching one's head when logins all fail.)
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Rich
>
> --
> ------------------------------ Rich Lafferty ---------------------------
> Sysadmin/Programmer, Information and Instructional Technology Services
> Concordia University, Montreal, QC (514) 848-7625
> ------------------------- rich@alcor.concordia.ca ----------------------

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