From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 24 14:35:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CBAE16A6CE for ; Wed, 24 May 2006 14:35:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from heli@mikestammer.com) Received: from smtp107.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp107.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3268D43DB5 for ; Wed, 24 May 2006 14:35:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from heli@mikestammer.com) Received: (qmail 38258 invoked from network); 24 May 2006 14:35:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO gondolin.mikestammer.com) (mikestammer@sbcglobal.net@68.251.65.204 with login) by smtp107.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 24 May 2006 14:35:39 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gondolin.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F89E3CC; Wed, 24 May 2006 09:35:38 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mikestammer.com Received: from gondolin.mikestammer.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gondolin.middleearth.mikestammer.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id rYHiC5quikLn; Wed, 24 May 2006 09:35:36 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: eric) by gondolin.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 195413E2; Wed, 24 May 2006 09:35:35 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <44746F36.4090200@mikestammer.com> Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 09:35:34 -0500 From: Eric User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: User Gandalf References: <44746E97.5070309@messias.qhigh.com> In-Reply-To: <44746E97.5070309@messias.qhigh.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: upload-only ftp server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 14:35:47 -0000 User Gandalf wrote: > > Dear List, > > I would like to install an ftp server. Some of the users want to upload > files to the server. I would not like to start an ftp server at all, > because I'm too paranoid. But my users demand it. I looked at the ports > tree and I found many ftp servers. I cannot choose between them. Can you > recommend one for me? I only need one ftp user (possibly with a > password), and upload/list files only. The most important thing is > security, and the ability to handle passive transfers. > vsftpd does all that and more. its easy to set up too