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).
AFAIK in most distros the ftp servers come without mysql (or database)
authentication support. If this is what is happening in your case you
need to compile the ftp server from source adding a configuration time
option to enable the database support.
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.
In case you have ssh enabled you may use the sftp subsystem that openssh
supports if it fits your needs. It's more secure than plain ftp but you
still have to add local user accounts which is a bad idea imo.
You may use PHP to upload files using the http (and not the ftp)
protocol by making a project that authenticates the user provides him
the ability to upload, delete and download files using forms.
There has to be something already written that implements such a
procedure in case you don't want to code this by yourself. You may
google to find whatever fits your needs.
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?
I suggest that since you need ftp access it would be much better if you
could configure an ftp server instead of writing something on your own.
The vsftp daemon is a good solution to your problem written including
advanced security features but I don't know if it supports mysql
authentication. On the other hand pro-ftpd does support modular
authentication (mysql, ldap etc) if you compile the proper module.
Thanks.
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Thodoris
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