FTP Server for Ubuntu

[mzinz165]

Hi Guys,

We're going to deploy an FTP server soon which will be public facing. I've got Ubuntu (Desktop) installed, and I was wondering what good FTP server programs were out there.

Looking for something fast, stable, with UI.

 

[Crusty]

Not sure on a specific server that fits your reqs, specifically having a UI, but one thing you need to be aware of is how insecure ftp is. There aren't any reasons to not run one, but proper security measures need to be made. Run your server in a chroot environment, and if you have any public directories for anonymous uploading make sure you scan any files for viruses before you transfer them to your internal network. Other basics apply as well, using a firewall, strong passwords, secure the configuration files for the ftp server, etc.

 

[mzinz165]

Originally posted by: Crusty
Not sure on a specific server that fits your reqs, specifically having a UI, but one thing you need to be aware of is how insecure ftp is. There aren't any reasons to not run one, but proper security measures need to be made. Run your server in a chroot environment, and if you have any public directories for anonymous uploading make sure you scan any files for viruses before you transfer them to your internal network. Other basics apply as well, using a firewall, strong passwords, secure the configuration files for the ftp server, etc.

Thanks for the heads up. Because I'm inexperienced with unix, I'll definitely be cautious when setting it up - particularly with the configuration and chroot aspects. (Firewalls, etc, will be no problem).

Thanks again

 

[child of wonder]

proftpd works great and is secure.

 

[Brazen]

https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/s...uide/C/ftp-server.html

 

[mzinz165]

Originally posted by: Brazen
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/ftp-server.html">https://help.ubuntu.com/8.0....../C/ftp-server.html</a>

It doesn't look like theres a UI, or am I mistaken?

 

[Crusty]

Originally posted by: mzinz165

Originally posted by: Brazen
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/s...uide/C/ftp-server.html"><a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/ftp-server.html">https://help.ubuntu.com/.........tp-server.html</a></a>

It doesn't look like theres a UI, or am I mistaken?

You won't find a true ftp server with GUI frontend. You might be able to use something like filezilla, but that's far worse then a dedicated ftp server like proftpd.

 

[child of wonder]

If you need a GUI for proftpd you can look at proftpd admin.

 

[imported_protoz]

I use proftpd as well. It's pretty great and can be tied into ldap if you want multiple users to have ftp accounts

 

[sourceninja]

I'd probably be more prone to setting up openssh and giving them sftp access (as long as you do not need anonymous access). Much more secure and just as easy to administer.

 

[mundhra]

Originally posted by: sourceninja
I'd probably be more prone to setting up openssh and giving them sftp access (as long as you do not need anonymous access). Much more secure and just as easy to administer.

something like this definitely seems the way to go.

i'm using scponly with chroot.

scponly is an alternative 'shell' (of sorts) for system administrators who would like to provide access to remote users to both read and write local files without providing any remote execution priviledges.

 

[Brazen]

What do you need a gui for? You just edit a text file and then you are done. You can use whatever ftp gui client you want to access the server. If you want a gui to set up the server, then use gedit.

Also, if security is a concern and you want the data transfer encrypted, I would use https over sftp.