Which and howto WUFTP or PROFTP

[pika_pika]

First post, and true newbie. Which should I choose to setup? WUFTP or PROFTP?

Next, where can I find good documentation that shows me how to to set either one of them up? Thank you, and I'm sure you'll see me post alot! Not sure that's what you wanted to hear. :)

[ph34r]

wuftpd has a history of security problems, so I'd go with the other. If you go to www.informit.com, (http://www.informit.com,) they have Redhat Linux Unleashed available free online (you have to register), and it has a good chapter on setting up a relatively secure ftp service.

[LoRdMaUL]

Personally I prefer ProFTPD...you can get the source or packages from ftp://ftp.proftpd.org/distrib/. I myself run Red Hat so I grabbed proftpd-1.2.1-2.i386.rpm and proftpd-standalone-1.2.1-2.rpm from /packages/RPMS/i386/. Next you su to root and install the packages using rpm -ivh <package name>. Once they are installed, go to /etc and type pico proftpd.conf. This will open the config file using pico. Now use the down arrow and move down the file until you see User: nobody and Group: No One. Change the group to read Group: Nobody. Press Control + X and then press ENTER and then ENTER again. Now type cd rc.d and then type cd init.d...type ls and you will see proftpd in the list of damaeons. Type ./proftpd -restart and you should be good to go. I think there is a NHF on ProFTPD on this site...so you might want to check it first in case I left anything out. Good Luck.. :)

[triplenine]

Also a relative newbie but, I am using ProFTP. It works well, pretty much like a basic FTP. Since Drake7.2 didn't install ftp even though I told it to I decided on Pro.

[Neurotica]

Def PROFTP!

WUftp is bad!

[pika_pika]

I have the Mandrake cd and ext cd. Would proftp be on either one of these?

[bdg1983]

Wouldn't know. You can always search through the 'packages' directory. Should not be too hard to find if it's there.

[LoRdMaUL]

Refer to my earlier post...I have the url for ProFTPD on it.

[slacker_x]

The documentation at proftpd.net is quite good.

mailing list is helpful if you can't find what you need in the docs