Hello everybody,
thank you all for your help. I got a solution running. In pure-ftpd you
can authenticate via mysql. Via a user table, exactly the thing I was
searching for.
However, there is a problem araising. Every user get's his own directory
for uploads. My next step would have been to create a php script which
will be run by cron every 5 minutes that scans one dir and if there is
content inside import it into the mysql db.
With the current setup I would need to scan all dirs to see if there are
changes inside.
Is there some kind of command where I could find out if there are new
files inside those folders? I don't see any other solution.
Any suggestions?
Thank you for any help,
merlin
bruce schrieb:
merlin..
if you're going to allow a user to use the same user/passwd for the site,
and the FTP server.. i would strongly argue that you should allow the user
only the minimal access on the FTP server. if someone hacks your site, no
need to have them running rampant over your FTP server.
i would actually argue that you can have the same username, but separate
passwds, but i don'w know exactly what you're going to have on the FTP
server, nor do I know your skill at securing servers/services...
it doesn't really make a difference if you have separate dbs for the
user/passwd auth systems. if you secure the overall system, it's secure. if
you don't, well you're going to run into issues..
you might also look into existing web based mgmt apps for FTP servers to see
if any already exist.
-----Original Message-----
From: Merlin Morgenstern [mailto:merlin_x@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 6:56 AM
To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: setting up FTP account names via PHP
Yes, it would be great if he could use the already existing username and
password. It should not be a one time password.
I am just now looking into mysql support for pure ftpd. One solution I
have in mind is to write the password into the pureftp DB upon signup.
That would be the easiest. The other solution to write to a conf file
would be OK, too. What do you think?
bruce wrote:
are you trying to allow a user who logs in, to use his same username when
interfacing with the FTP server?
obviously, the password for the FTP server will be different. Or are you
looking to dynamically create a one time user/passwd for the user so that
it
changes each time they access the FTP server?
-----Original Message-----
From: Merlin Morgenstern [mailto:merlin_x@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 6:44 AM
To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: setting up FTP account names via PHP
Marc Steinert wrote:
Merlin Morgenstern schrieb:
Hello everybody,
I am running a real estate site where I would like to enable bulk
upload via real estate software that exports an xml file into an ftp
account.
In order to give every user unique access I would need to generate
individual ftp name and passwords for each member. I can not see how
this should work. My portal is written in PHP 4.x and there every
members loges in with a unique ID. The FTP Server runns on the same
linux machine. How could I generate users for this FTP server with
php, for example on sign up?
Thank you for any help on this.
Best regards,
Merlin
What ftp server are you using?
I just installed pureftpd. One possible sollution as I figured is to
alter the virtual user table of the ftp server with php.
Is this the way to go, or does somebody have a better idea that saves
dev. time?
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