Re: Recommendation for FTP server

2016-01-05 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 07:16:39PM -0500, Steve Matzura wrote: > Sounds a good plan, except everything available for download is on > remote shared places. You should be able to mount or bind-mount those into the /pub* area. Last time I ran something like this I used vsftpd which was pretty good,

Re: Recommendation for FTP server

2016-01-04 Thread Daniel Bareiro
I'm sorry. It seems that I replied to this mail privately. On 04/01/16 08:27, Daniel Bareiro wrote: > Hi, Steve. > > Happy New Year! (and to all members of the list!) > > On 31/12/15 21:16, Steve Matzura wrote: > >> Yes, very helpful. I'll look at mount options. >> >> Here's what I did on the o

Re: Recommendation for FTP server

2015-12-31 Thread Steve Matzura
On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 13:33:44 -0500 (EST), Jude wrote: >If I were setting up an ftp server, I would create a /pub directory in >/home and would also create a /home/pub/incoming directory then lock any >guest into the /home/pub and /home/pub/incoming directories. The >/home/pub directory would b

Re: Recommendation for FTP server

2015-12-31 Thread Steve Matzura
Yes, very helpful. I'll look at mount options. Here's what I did on the old Windows server: Each user had their own login. All logins sent to the same read-only area, with one subdirectory in which all users could write. I know how to set that all up with regular FTP servers like ProFTPD. Other

Re: Recommendation for FTP server

2015-12-31 Thread Jude DaShiell
las George Reply-To: debian-user@lists.debian.org To: Steve Matzura Cc: debian Subject: Re: Recommendation for FTP server Le primidi 11 niv?se, an CCXXIV, Steve Matzura a ?crit : That locks the user in their home directory That locks the user in any directory of your choosing. Choosing the home

Re: Recommendation for FTP server

2015-12-31 Thread Jude DaShiell
Look in the /etc/ssh/ directory or /etc/default/ subdirectory those configuration files likely will be in one of those two locations. On Thu, 31 Dec 2015, Steve Matzura wrote: Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 11:32:34 From: Steve Matzura To: debian Subject: Recommendation for FTP server Resent-Date

Re: Recommendation for FTP server

2015-12-31 Thread Nicolas George
Le primidi 11 nivôse, an CCXXIV, Steve Matzura a écrit : > That locks the user in their home directory That locks the user in any directory of your choosing. Choosing the home directory is the most common case, and therefore the one you find explained, but not the only option. Regards, -- Nic

Re: Recommendation for FTP server

2015-12-31 Thread Daniel Bareiro
Hi, Steve. On 31/12/15 14:07, Steve Matzura wrote: > That locks the user in their home directory, but I have to give them > access to other things outside that directory, just not let them go > walking around and get into any other directory on the system. That's > why I was thinking of VSFTP, wh

Re: Recommendation for FTP server

2015-12-31 Thread Charlie Kravetz
On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 11:32:34 -0500 Steve Matzura wrote: >ProFTPD? VSFTP? Something else? I'm needing a secure connection, >non-SSH, because a lot of ssh built into FTP clients let you go >wandering around outside your home area, unless there's a way to >protect against that in the ssh configurati

Re: Recommendation for FTP server

2015-12-31 Thread Steve Matzura
On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 17:37:09 +0100, you wrote: >Le primidi 11 nivôse, an CCXXIV, Steve Matzura a écrit : >> ProFTPD? VSFTP? Something else? I'm needing a secure connection, >> non-SSH, because a lot of ssh built into FTP clients let you go >> wandering around outside your home area, > >Never rely

Re: Recommendation for FTP server

2015-12-31 Thread Nicolas George
Le primidi 11 nivôse, an CCXXIV, Steve Matzura a écrit : > ProFTPD? VSFTP? Something else? I'm needing a secure connection, > non-SSH, because a lot of ssh built into FTP clients let you go > wandering around outside your home area, Never rely on client restrictions for security. >

Recommendation for FTP server

2015-12-31 Thread Steve Matzura
ProFTPD? VSFTP? Something else? I'm needing a secure connection, non-SSH, because a lot of ssh built into FTP clients let you go wandering around outside your home area, unless there's a way to protect against that in the ssh configuration file, which I did look for but have not found. My FTP serve