[Wlug] proftpd off the map?

[John Stoffel]

Aaron> Tim Keller wrote, on Mar 12, 2008 at 11:16 EDT:
>> Hey Gang,
>> 
>> Has anyone else noticed that proftpd seems to be off the map now?  I've
>> tried going to their web page to check for latest version / bug fix and I
>> can't seem to get there...
>> 
>> I guess I'll be upgrading to vsftpd...

Aaron> On a slight tangent: Do you have a specific need for ftp? I'd
Aaron> suggest looking into using sftp instead (the s stands for
Aaron> secure). It's available as part of openssh.

The problem with sftp is that it doesn't offer chroot() style jails
for ftp users and accounts.  This can be worked around using the
scponly hack which is out on the net.

Now maybe I'm a little out of date, I'd love to know that more recent
versions of OpenSSH support chroot'd sftp jails.

I know this mostly because I needed to integrate sftp into an existing
proftpd setup, without changing the directory structure and how it
works.  Not hard, just took testing and some setup scripts to build
proper hardlinks.

John