Re: proftp or wu-ftp?

2003-09-04 Thread Danie Roux
On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 01:26:20PM -0700, Curtis Vaughan wrote:
 I need to set up an ftp server.   I've looked at wu-ftp and a little
 at proftp.  I'm wondering what people find to be the better, and
 easiest to set up.

wu-ftpd has a history of security holes. Not recommended. I use proftpd
myself, although with MySQL and not LDAP as you want it.

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Re: proftp or wu-ftp?

2003-09-04 Thread Yves Goergen
On Wednesday, September 03, 2003 10:26 PM CET, Curtis Vaughan wrote:
 I need to set up an ftp server.   I've looked at wu-ftp and a little
 at proftp.  I'm wondering what people find to be the better, and
 easiest to set up.

I'm still before the question of which FTP server to use. But could
'PureFTPd' be a further option to this question? I have just heard of it, I
haven't installed any of them yet.

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Re: proftp or wu-ftp?

2003-09-04 Thread Mark Roach
On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 16:26, Curtis Vaughan wrote:
[...]
 Right now I need to set up an ftp site that authenticated users can 
 only access in order to download files.  Authentication in our network 
 is provided by LDAP w/PAM.  I see that proftp has an LDAP package, 
 which I have installed right now.  So, it seems at first the better.  
 Ultimately, we may be setting up additional Virtual hosts.

You don't need to use a separate LDAP package, proftp uses pam for
authentication, just twiddle your /etc/pam.d/proftpd

-Mark


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Re: proftp or wu-ftp?

2003-09-04 Thread Curtis Vaughan
Ryan do you or does anyone have any instructions for a dim-wit like 
myself on how to set up proftp.

I've got it installed and kind of operating, but how do I make it 
default to /home/ftp whenever ANYONE logs in.

Curtis

On Wednesday, Sep 3, 2003, at 20:50 US/Pacific, Ryan Nowakowski wrote:

On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 01:26:20PM -0700, Curtis Vaughan wrote:
I need to set up an ftp server.   I've looked at wu-ftp and a little
at
proftp.  I'm wondering what people find to be the better, and easiest
to set up.
Actually, I'm having trouble setting either up.  But let me tell you
what I want to do.
Right now I need to set up an ftp site that authenticated users can
only access in order to download files.  Authentication in our network

is provided by LDAP w/PAM.  I see that proftp has an LDAP package,
which I have installed right now.  So, it seems at first the better.
Ultimately, we may be setting up additional Virtual hosts.
I use proftpd and find it to be very flexible.  It takes a little time
setting it up but works great.
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Re: proftp or wu-ftp?

2003-09-04 Thread Ryan Nowakowski
On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 01:37:18PM -0700, Curtis Vaughan wrote:
 Ryan do you or does anyone have any instructions for a dim-wit like 
 myself on how to set up proftp.
 
 I've got it installed and kind of operating, but how do I make it 
 default to /home/ftp whenever ANYONE logs in.

Hrmmm.  I don't know of a howto or anything like that.  I just went and
looked at the proftpd example configs[1].

[1] http://proftpd.linux.co.uk/docs/example-conf.html
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Re: proftp or wu-ftp?

2003-09-04 Thread Curtis Vaughan
After editing /etc/pam.d/proftpd do I need to restart proftp?  It 
doesn't seem to work: i.e., for whatever reason I am the only one 
allowed to log in.  I can't log in under any other user period.  Now, 
this may be due to the fact that I have a home directory on this 
server, no one else does.

Curtis

On Thursday, Sep 4, 2003, at 06:45 US/Pacific, Mark Roach wrote:

On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 16:26, Curtis Vaughan wrote:
[...]
Right now I need to set up an ftp site that authenticated users can
only access in order to download files.  Authentication in our network
is provided by LDAP w/PAM.  I see that proftp has an LDAP package,
which I have installed right now.  So, it seems at first the better.
Ultimately, we may be setting up additional Virtual hosts.
You don't need to use a separate LDAP package, proftp uses pam for
authentication, just twiddle your /etc/pam.d/proftpd
-Mark

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Re: proftp or wu-ftp?

2003-09-04 Thread Mark Roach
On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 17:25, Curtis Vaughan wrote:
 After editing /etc/pam.d/proftpd do I need to restart proftp?

No

 It doesn't seem to work: i.e., for whatever reason I am the only one 
 allowed to log in.  I can't log in under any other user period.  Now, 
 this may be due to the fact that I have a home directory on this 
 server, no one else does.

It could be, I know that proftpd will allow you to chroot ftp sessions
to the user's home dir. I think you have to do that on purpose though.
Have you tested your pam_ldap setup with other services to make sure it
is correct? I think the default setup requires the user to have a valid
shell (listed in /etc/shells) did you check that? What does getent
passwd username show for a user who can't log on. Also, make sure that
AuthPAM on is in your config file.


As for the default path for users to see (mentioned in another message)
I believe that all you need is a section like this: DefaultRoot
/home/ftp or whatever path.

It sounds like you really need to take a few minutes to go through the
manpage for proftpd.conf to get a general overview of the options before
you start trying to wrangle the config file.

-Mark


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Re: proftp or wu-ftp?

2003-09-04 Thread Curtis Vaughan
Got it working just before I got the replies.

Actually, I found a how-to dealing with a OSX server, which pointed me 
in the right direction. Seems to be working now.

Thanks!

Curtis

On Thursday, Sep 4, 2003, at 14:40 US/Pacific, Mark Roach wrote:

On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 17:25, Curtis Vaughan wrote:
After editing /etc/pam.d/proftpd do I need to restart proftp?
No

It doesn't seem to work: i.e., for whatever reason I am the only one
allowed to log in.  I can't log in under any other user period.  Now,
this may be due to the fact that I have a home directory on this
server, no one else does.
It could be, I know that proftpd will allow you to chroot ftp 
sessions
to the user's home dir. I think you have to do that on purpose though.
Have you tested your pam_ldap setup with other services to make sure it
is correct? I think the default setup requires the user to have a valid
shell (listed in /etc/shells) did you check that? What does getent
passwd username show for a user who can't log on. Also, make sure that
AuthPAM on is in your config file.

As for the default path for users to see (mentioned in another message)
I believe that all you need is a section like this: DefaultRoot
/home/ftp or whatever path.
It sounds like you really need to take a few minutes to go through the
manpage for proftpd.conf to get a general overview of the options 
before
you start trying to wrangle the config file.

-Mark

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Re: proftp or wu-ftp?

2003-09-03 Thread Ryan Nowakowski
On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 01:26:20PM -0700, Curtis Vaughan wrote:
 I need to set up an ftp server.   I've looked at wu-ftp and a little at 
 proftp.  I'm wondering what people find to be the better, and easiest 
 to set up.
 
 Actually, I'm having trouble setting either up.  But let me tell you 
 what I want to do.
 
 Right now I need to set up an ftp site that authenticated users can 
 only access in order to download files.  Authentication in our network 
 is provided by LDAP w/PAM.  I see that proftp has an LDAP package, 
 which I have installed right now.  So, it seems at first the better.  
 Ultimately, we may be setting up additional Virtual hosts.

I use proftpd and find it to be very flexible.  It takes a little time
setting it up but works great.  

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Computer Support for Small Business and Individuals
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