From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 25 00:04:44 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 3CFD016A427 for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 00:04:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikhailg@webanoide.org) Received: from cayster.site5.com (cayster.multisite.site5.com [216.118.97.189]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D299343D46 for ; Thu, 25 May 2006 00:04:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mikhailg@webanoide.org) Received: from ppp110-20.lns1.hba1.internode.on.net ([150.101.110.20] helo=[192.168.0.4]) by cayster.site5.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1Fj3LG-0003OI-AQ for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 24 May 2006 20:04:42 -0400 Message-ID: <4474F496.8070708@webanoide.org> Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 10:04:38 +1000 From: Mikhail Goriachev Organization: Webanoide User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Macintosh/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <44746E97.5070309@messias.qhigh.com> <6B6CF4191FA8FD14F86DAB74@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local> In-Reply-To: <6B6CF4191FA8FD14F86DAB74@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus-Scanner: This message has been scanned by ClamAV. X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cayster.site5.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - webanoide.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: 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: Thu, 25 May 2006 00:04:44 -0000 Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On May 24, 2006 4:32:55 PM +0200 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. >> > Is there a reason they can't use sftp? You're most likely already > running sshd, which means you already have sftp capabilities builtin. > If the issue is usability, there are a number of gui clients available > for all platforms (WinSCP for Windows, for example) that make the > process painless. Yeah, I agree. I forced my users to use SFTP through FileZilla on windows. They actually think they're using FTP instead of SFTP. So everyone is happy including me. Cheers, Mikhail. -- Mikhail Goriachev Webanoide Telephone: +61 (0)3 62252501 Mobile Phone: +61 (0)4 38255158 E-Mail: mikhailg@webanoide.org Web: http://www.webanoide.org PGP Key ID: 0x4E148A3B PGP Key Fingerprint: D96B 7C14 79A5 8824 B99D 9562 F50E 2F5D 4E14 8A3B