Go ahead and do it! It's ok, ProFTPD is secure. They say VSFTPD is better, but I have no clue. Thanks, Nick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 2:05 AM Subject: Re: Proftpd question > Hi, > Got it working. I just moved the files to /home/ftp and made a symlink in > /var/www. Is it ok from a security standpoint to open up ftp to the outside > world? I have an unofficial mirror of the unofficial Dectalk archive, an > archive of Dectalk as well as several other synths singing, performing > skits, and all sorts of other weirdness. Would it be ok to allow the > outside world to access this via ftp? They can already access it via http. > Jayson. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joseph C. Lininger" < > jbahm at pcdesk.net> > > To: "Jayson Smith" < > ratguy at bellsouth.net> > > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 1:22 AM > Subject: Re: Proftpd question > > > Well, that depends. If the allow symlinks option is set in apache, then > this will work. . I assume you are trying to access these files in /var/www > via anonymous ftp right? I can't remember what your doing now. If you are > trying to do this, why not set the anonymous account to access /var/www. If > you did that, the chroot would be to that directory and you wouldn't have a > problem. > > > > -- > > Joseph C. Lininger > > > jbahm at pcdesk.net > > Note, the following is used for automated processing. Please lieve in > > tact if quoting me in a reply. > > Verification: 5eab38a77ac40416e075be8f50607ff7 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
