Re: 2 Different area to share on FTP serve

From: Stephane (Root_at_linux.linux)
Date: 04/07/04 

Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 23:00:21 +0100

"Stephane" <Root@linux.linux> wrote in message
news:c4tj0b$l23$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
> Hi Tommy,
>
> 1) How Can I declare my "/home/foo.." as FTP area ??
> (If I go on ftp://192.168 I can see only my PUB folder , which is in
> /var/pub !)
>
> 2) For the secure transfer of /home/foo; is this another FTP server,
package
> ( form SSH) ? or is this still VsFTP ??
> (Sorry I can't see how to install this secure connection of my personal
> folder ..)
>
> Thansk and regards,
>
> Stephane
>
>
> "Tommy Reynolds" <TommyReynolds@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:pan.2004.04.05.02.56.41.319604@yahoo.com...
> > On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 17:50:03 +0100, Stephane wrote:
> >
> > > Im a using VsFTP on Redhat v9.0. to share files, I did place the files
> in
> > > the folder : /var/pub/
> > > All the connections are "anonymous"
> > >
> > > Now, I wich to add to this "folder", another one in my home
directory...
> but
> > > this time with a secure access !! "/home/../"
> >
> > You get this feature for free. Instead of logging in as "anonymous"
> > and <email-looking-password>, just FTP in using the username and
> > password of the owner of "/home/foo".
> >
> > Now, the FTP protocol isn't secure at all, all data transfers are in
> > cleartext so anybody can see them going across the network. There's
> > a neat tool called SSH that does end-to-end encrypted transfers.
> > Happily, there is an "sftp" program that is a drop-in replacement for
> > "ftp".
> >
> > Just install the "openssh-server" package to get this started. There
> > are also clients for Windoze machines out on the net. Google is your
> > friend ;-)
> >
>
>