On 4 October 2010 21:23, Paul Cartwright <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon October 4 2010, Rick Stevens wrote: >> > what you mean is sftp. >> >> No, FTP-S. FTP over SSL using port 989 and 990. sftp is a part of ssh >> and uses it's encryption mechanisms. > > what I SHOULD have said is " what I 'THINK' you mean", and obviously I was > wrong:) > so, is it better to ftp over SSL or sftp using ssh? That depends on the circumstances - I personally prefer SFTP, because most Linux machines already have an SSH server running. However, there are complications, such as needing to chroot users (historically hard with OpenSSH), needing to allow SFTP or SCP, but not SSH, etc. This doesn't usually matter on a small friendly machine, but if you are doing something like reselling webhosting to other people, having lots of SSH users on your box might not be what you want. In those circumstances, offering (or mandating) FTPS is a good compromise between security and usability. It still allows you to do a lot of things that you would normally do in a mass-hosting environment, like chrooting and blocking certain kinds of uploads - just like you would with an FTP server. To get this back on track, regarding what is a good FTP server, I have to say I actually prefer ProFTPd - but then I don't need to rely on their support. - It uses an Apache-like syntax for configuration, so it is intuitive to me. - It can integrate with MySQL for a user database. - If offers .ftpaccess files - which are an incredibly powerful tool - http://www.proftpd.org/localsite/Userguide/linked/x1021.html Of course, this is only because glftpd is no longer maintained - otherwise that would have been my favourite for old-time's sake: http://www.glftpd.com/ -- Sam -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
