[TriLUG] FTP servers

[Jeremy Portzer]

On 16 Sep 2002, Tanner Lovelace wrote:

> On Mon, 2002-09-16 at 11:17, John Turner wrote:
> > I was asked about proFTP vs. pureFTP and figured someone on the list 
> > has used them so what are your comments on these FTP servers?
> 
> I've never used pureFTP, so I can't speak to that.  I have, however,
> used proftp quite a bit on my home system and the new TriLUG 
> ftp system.  Proftp uses a configuration file that is very similar
> to apache.  It implements all the various ftp commands (i.e. dir, ls,
> etc..) internally so you don't need to replicate a chrooted directory
> structure like you do with wu-ftp.  In addition, it supports modules
> for various things (i.e. our mysql authentication) and it directly
> supports bandwidth management.  I highly recommend it.

Propftd also has excellent debugging capabilities and virtual server
capability.  If you're having trouble with the configuration, turn on the
highest level of debugging and you'll get WAY more information then you
ever needed.  :-)

--Jeremy