[Wlug] proftpd off the map?

[Tim Keller]

In a nutshell...

I'm using ftp right now (proftpd) and I have it configured the way I want
and it works well... I just wanted to update to the latest version or see if
there were any security updates and found the website unaccessible...

As for the chroot features... I currently use them for proftpd and I
purchased the commercial version of SSH that includes chroot. I'm psyched to
see that they'll be supporting it soon since it's a feature I look for.

However, my current plan is to reimplement my current configuration using
vsftpd, because at least in my eyes, vsftpd is a known quantity and under
development.

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Brian J. Conway <bconway at alum.wpi.edu>
wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, John Stoffel wrote:
>
> >
> > 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 Now maybe I'm a little out of date, I'd love to know that more recent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.
>
> Actually, there is recent development on that front:
>
> http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20080220110039
>
> I don't believe it's part of any release of OpenSSH yet, but presumably
> soon.
>
> Brian J. Conway
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