FTP config advice or opinion

hike mh1272 at gmail.com
Fri Jun 19 22:56:59 UTC 2009


FIRST, you don't want to use ftp.
ftp is not secure enough for use.

Second, look at ssh.  sftp is a part of the ssh suite of products
vsftpd is sftp, or secure ftp.

puTTY makes ssh clients that work under Windows.
puTTY is a very good product.
their sftp client is very good.



On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Jeff Boyce <jboyce at meridianenv.com> wrote:

> Greetings -
>
> I am looking into setting up my first FTP server for my small office and am
> wondering if anyone is willing to give any advice (must do's, or must not
> do's) or opinions.  I am reading through the information in the RedHat
> documents, the man page, and various howto's on the net, so I am beginning
> to learn the ftp specific terminology.  My server runs RH3U9 and I plan on
> running the vsftpd service that is installed with it (our company will
> likely replace the server and upgrade to RH6 after it is released in the
> next year or so, but until then this is what I have to work with).
>
> Need:
> Our need for setting up an FTP sever in-house is that we regularly transfer
> large files (mostly Word or PDF) back and forth to clients.  We have used
> some of the commercial web sites for large file transfers, and some of our
> clients ftp sites, and have had some complications and think that
> controlling our own ftp site may be more convenient for us in the long run.
>
> Objective:
> Our objective is to set up the ftp so that we can provide selected clients
> with a directory that allows them to both upload and download files from our
> server.  We would want each client isolated to a directory that is specific
> to their project.  We would like to provide each client with a predefined
> user name and password for their access.   Staff within the office would
> have access to all the ftp project directories (it's a small office and we
> all work on each others projects).  We don't need anonymous access.
>
> It looks like from what I am reading that our clients would be considered
> 'local users' in ftp terminology, and therefore I need to setup a user
> account on our server for each client I am going to provide ftp access.  Is
> this correct, or is there a different way to achieve my objective?  Our
> (only) server functions primarily as the office Samba file server, OpenVPN
> access point, and manages our tape backup system.
>
> Any advice is appreciated, especially that which is specific to my
> objective and with specific information about config settings that I should
> or should not include.
> Thanks.
>
>
> Jeff Boyce
> www.meridianenv.com
>
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