Instructions to unsubscribe from this list at the end of the message - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Maybe you can try glFTPd
Dave - --- Keith Vassallo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Instructions to unsubscribe from this list at the > end of the message > - --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ramon, > > Thanks for replying. > > Apart from understanding next to nothing from the > link you gave me, it > seems like an awfully long procedure to do every > time an FTP user is > added. I would use proFTPd, but I can't find where > to define which > users have what access etc.. from webmin. > > This seems like quite a hopeless case, isn't there > something similar to > Bullet Proof/Gene6 FTP for Linux? > > Keith > > On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 14:03, Ramon Casha wrote: > > Instructions to unsubscribe from this list at the > end of the message > > > - --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > There are two ways of logging into an FTP system: > using the > > "anonymous" user which typically has no write > access and very limited > > read access, or using real Linux usernames. In the > latter case, you > > can either use "real users" which can access all > the files that they > > could access if they were logged in a shell > session, or "guest users" > > which are locked into their home directory (they > see the home > > directory as if it were the root, and can't go to > a higher directory). > > > > For added security, you can change the shell in > the /etc/passwd file > > into something inexistent so they can never log > into a shell session > > but only use ftp. > > > > Found some docs about this for wu-ftpd, other ftp > servers like proftpd > > have their own configuration: > > http://www.wu-ftpd.org/HOWTO/guest.HOWTO > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ramon Casha > > Malta Linux User Group (http://linux.org.mt) > > > > > > > - --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are > subscribed to the linux > > mailing list. If you do not wish to continue > receiving this mailing > > list, please send a mail message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > containing only the text "unsubscribe linux" > > > - --------------------------------------------------------------------- > You received this message because you are subscribed > to the linux > mailing list. If you do not wish to continue > receiving this mailing > list, please send a mail message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > containing only the text "unsubscribe linux" __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com - --------------------------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the linux mailing list. If you do not wish to continue receiving this mailing list, please send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing only the text "unsubscribe linux" ------------------------------
