On Mon October 4 2010, Sam Sharpe wrote: > 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. http://www.proftpd.org/goals.html thanks for the info, so for my own personal home use, I'll stick with sftp:) and maybe add proftpd ! -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 -- 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
