On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Michael Kubler <mdkknd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > This is probably a bit stupid, but I've been having issues getting any of > the good FTP servers running on my Ubuntu 6.06 (LTS) box. > I've tried Pro-FTP, Pure-FTP, and briefly installed some others, but the > versions available for my distro don't seem to support MySQL (or I'm simply > doing something wrong). > > Anyway, I had the thought that the FTP server won't be used much, as I > mainly use SSH, however I need to be able to give other people access, which > is why I'm wondering if there are any PHP scripts that can be used AS an FTP > server. That is, I'd setup Apache to accept on the standard FTP port(s), and > get it to point everything to a PHP script, which I could then use to pull > user/pass details each of which would have their own directories, allowing > each user to access a sym-link to their domain(s) log file, website > directory, and anything else. > > Has someone already got a script that does this (at least accepting FTP > connections), or is this a crazy idea that's just not possible? > Should I just compile the latest version of some FTP server, and try and > configure that to do what I want instead? > > Thanks. > -- > Although possible, that's probably not a good idea for numerous reasons. I'd strongly recommend using vsFTPd. I've used it for years and never had any problem with it. http://vsftpd.beasts.org -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
