Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 14:00:18 +1000 From: Nick Withers <nick@nickwithers.com> To: Leo Lapousterle <lapousterle@wanadoo.fr> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: An FTP alternative ? Message-ID: <20060513140018.d8ddb32f.nick@nickwithers.com> In-Reply-To: <80D331DDB6F3A18968DF6AEA@[192.168.1.97]> References: <80D331DDB6F3A18968DF6AEA@[192.168.1.97]>
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On Sat, 13 May 2006 04:57:25 +0200 Leo Lapousterle <lapousterle@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > Hello :) >=20 > I'm fed up with FTP servers : FTP is great, but I need some admin stuff > like privileges (one user can upload but not download, for example) > unavailable for FTP... at least for those I've tested. >=20 > Is there an alternative way for FTP, allowing individual privileges? > I found hxd (hotline protocol, I used it 7 years ago!), it's very powerful > but quite discontinued... >=20 > Anybody has another idea? :) > Thanks! Have you looked at SFTP? It's a "subsystem" that operates over an SSH connection. Whilst it requires that a user be able to login over SSH to the server, you can use filesystem permissions (and indeed other system facilities) to enforce things like being able to upload / download on a fairly granular (e.g.: directory-level) basis. > --=20 > L=E9o Hope this helps! --=20 Nick Withers email: nick@nickwithers.com Web: http://www.nickwithers.com Mobile: +61 414 397 446
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