Did you check out sftp? Or programs like secure shell which do ftp also. > > From: JimD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/06/06 Tue AM 11:38:06 EDT > To: Gentoo-User <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> > Subject: [gentoo-user] FTP Server > > Does anyone have any suggestions/preferences to a secure FTP server for > Gentoo? > > My 55+ year old father-in-law wants to start learning building websites. > I am having him install Nvu and want to setup ftp to my web server and > give him his own directory to play with. > > I have never had a need for ftp since I have always used ssh. However, > I want to make it as easy as possible for him to learn web page design, > so that is why I thought ftp would be the easiest and most supported by > tools. He uses winXP and I think Nvu can publish to ftp. If he really > gets into building websites, he wants to purchase something like > dreamweaver. > > From my perspective, I don't want an ftp server that will allow someone > to get in to my gentoo box by brute forcing a username and password. I > guess I can install something like denyhosts if the ftp server uses tcp > wrappers. > > Thanks for any guidance, > > Jim > -- > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > You roll an 18 in Dex and see if you > don't end up with a girlfriend > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > JimD > Central FL, USA, Earth, Sol > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > >
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