Configuring Sendmail and VSFTPD

[Ed Wilts]

On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 02:56:25PM +0000, Ben Sewell wrote:
> Pete, well you do have credit for sorting out the httpd.conf problem.=)
> One thing now. I'm looking for a decent FTP server for myself and my friend 
> uploading files. I know that wuftp is installed but I don't know where it 
> is located or how to configure it. How good is this program anyways? I'm 
> thinking about Proftpd (www.proftpd.org) but I'm open for an 
> easy-to-configure and use FTP server.

wu-ftpd is a good web server but it's getting obsolete.  If you're going
ton continue running wu-ftpd, you *MUST* ensure that you have the latest
release since there have been major security holes in the past.  There
are automated probes out there that will find you if you run an
unsecured wu-ftpd.

vsftpd is a Red Hat-supported ftp server that will probably do what you
need since there are a couple of you.  ProFTPd is a good ftp server that
is very powerful, but you'll need to support it yourself.  vsftpd's
weaknesses are in its configurability - it's poor compared to wu-ftpd
and ProFTPd.

        .../Ed

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Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
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