Im installing Red Hat as I type this

[BlakkIce]

ok im totally new to linux but im willing to learn i have used windows all my computing life, now on to my system, this will be my house file server and ftp computer, so far in the setup i have stuck pretty much to what they selected already but during setup i did select Kde, Gnome, Windows file server and Annonomus Ftp server, thas all i changed, so what now can someone point me into the right direction to make this FTP secure and serve my apps and video footage, my other computers are all running XP thanks

 

[igiveup]

Well, if you don't want the traditional windows file sharing "browseable" directory then you really don't need Samba (this is the program name that was installed when you chose file sharing). Once you get Samba set up its pretty fast, and if you configure the Linux filesystem properly you can lock out those that don't need to view certain folders. I guess it depends on what you wanted to do.

 

[igiveup]

OOOPPPSSSS, for the FTP config, try using WebMin. Graphical front end to configuring fileserver and FTP in addition to firewalls and a whole host of other stuff.

WebMin linkage

 

[MGMorden]

Unless you specifically need anonymous logins, then ditch ftp and go with ssh/sftp. FTP is a glaring secuirity hole.

 

[Need4Speed]

Originally posted by: MGMorden
Unless you specifically need anonymous logins, then ditch ftp and go with ssh/sftp. FTP is a glaring secuirity hole.

Agreed, but sftp has a lot of overhead and the transfer speeds are much lower than that of standard ftp. A well configured ftp server running on a secured OS would be sufficient. I'd recommend proftpd.