Hi - I need to provide a way for users to upload/download files from their shell accounts on a colo server I admin. The majority of the users wont want to use scp/sftp and are clueless as far as ssh tunneling goes. This pretty much leaves ftp as far as I can see (although I suppose webdav might be possible, but I havnt tried setting a dav server up on an internet box and I'm not sure of the security implications).
I'm looking at either proftpd or vsftpd but what I want is to set it up so that users can login with a password that is different to their shell password so that their shell passwords are not broadcast in plaintext every time they update their websites etc. Is this the best way to go about something like this or are there better ways of setting up secure file access? A few of the users want to publish files directly from something like Frontpage which doesnt support sftp (dav server might be possible?) Cheers Marcus -- Marcus Williams -- http://www.quintic.co.uk Quintic Ltd, 39 Newnham Road, Cambridge, UK This message is private [ ] public [*] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
