> Does anyone have any suggestions/preferences to a secure FTP server for > Gentoo? > > My 55+ year old father-in-law wants to start learning building websites. > I am having him install Nvu and want to setup ftp to my web server and > give him his own directory to play with. > > I have never had a need for ftp since I have always used ssh. However, > I want to make it as easy as possible for him to learn web page design, > so that is why I thought ftp would be the easiest and most supported by > tools. He uses winXP and I think Nvu can publish to ftp. If he really > gets into building websites, he wants to purchase something like > dreamweaver. > > From my perspective, I don't want an ftp server that will allow someone > to get in to my gentoo box by brute forcing a username and password. I > guess I can install something like denyhosts if the ftp server uses tcp > wrappers. > > Thanks for any guidance, > > Jim
[Timothy A. Holmes] Take a look at sftp - its part of ssh - I don't know if nvu supports it or not but I know dreamweaver does Timothy A. Holmes IT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher Medina Christian Academy A Higher Standard... Jeremiah 33:3 Jeremiah 29:11 Esther 4:14 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
