On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 09:28:52 -0500 "Anuerin G. Diaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these words to ponder:
> On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 09:20:30 -0500 > "Anuerin G. Diaz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 24 Dec 2001 15:04:29 -0800 > > "E Estes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I am in the process of setting up a ftp server for anonymous users but they > > > have the ability to delete files and/or directories. You can see how this > > > would be bad if a malicious user logged on to it. I looked around in the > > > User Manager, Userconf, and Userdrake and didn't see anything pertaining to > > > what I need to do. I know it will be a simple thing to do (I would rather > > > learn how to do it in shell) but I am stumped. > > > > > > Thanks in advance if you can help, > > > Mithrilhall > > > > > > > hi, > > > > do the users have to share a common space like a public directory for storing >files? or are they restricted to their own home directories? im asking this because i >run a proftpd server here in the local office network and there is an option in the >proftpd configuration named DefaultRoot which limits the users to a certain >directory. there are a slew of options in the readme that comes with proftpd so it is >a recommended read. > > > > and i assume you will get all the notes that say ftp is bad because is transmits >'clear-text' passwords which is easily caught by spoofers so try the ssh variety >instead. in my case im running a personal server in a secure environment so ftp works >enough for my needs. > > > > HTH > > > > > > -- > > > > > forgot to mention that if you are not allowing anonymous log-in then quota could be >useful to you to limit the space allowed per user. > > ciao! > > -- that is esentially the idea behind the way Proftpd setup uses to secure the FTP server filesystem. for more on this check out one of the proftpd.virtual.conf configurations. their examples that come with the Proftpd package give excellant samples of ways to configure the server. -- daRcmaTTeR --------------------------------------------------------------------- If at first you don't succeed do what your wife told you to do the first time! Registered Linux User 182496 Mandrake 8.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 8:05pm up 10 days, 11:54, 2 users, load average: 0.44, 0.62, 0.44
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