[K12OSN] Anyone provide ftp access to students?

[John Baillie]

Ya know, this is something I have wanted to do for too long now. I never 
quite make the time or have found just  the right way to go about it. I 
looked real hard at all the php groupware offerings a few times and came 
real close to deploying a couple of times but I was never quite 
comfortable with the idea.

The last time I was looking into  it someone suggested using squirrel 
mail with its file manager plugin.
http://www.squirrelmail.org/plugin_view.php?id=120

One advantage is the interface is somewhat familiar to most users.

Set up a separate squirrel mail server that is self contained (only 
allow sending mail with in the local machine) migrate the account names, 
use generic password and let the students change it to something other 
than their real password.

John


Robert Arkiletian wrote:

>Is anyone running vsftpd for students to access their files from their
>homes (ie. residences) ?
>
>Wondering how much of a security risk this is?
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