[olug] FTP Servers....which is preferred?

Phil Brutsche phil at brutsche.us
Thu Dec 18 15:28:46 UTC 2003


Trent Melcher wrote:
> All
> 
> Im looking into setting up an ftp server on a linux box I have, wanted some
> opinions on which one to use,

It depends on your needs. ProFPTD is what I use as it has the 
functionality I require (LDAP user and group lookups, virtual domains, 
etc).  OTOH, it's not exactly a simple beast to configure ;)

VSFTPD is popular, and is quite simple to configure.  NcFTPd is another.

I say go with ProFTPd.

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Phil Brutsche
phil at brutsche.us


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