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From: Uwe Thiem <uwix@××××.na>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] FTP Server
Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2006 16:50:01
Message-Id: 200606061704.56699.uwix@iway.na
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] FTP Server by JimD
1 On 06 June 2006 16:38, JimD wrote:
2 > Does anyone have any suggestions/preferences to a secure FTP server for
3 > Gentoo?
4 >
5 > My 55+ year old father-in-law wants to start learning building websites.
6 > I am having him install Nvu and want to setup ftp to my web server and
7 > give him his own directory to play with.
8 >
9 > I have never had a need for ftp since I have always used ssh. However,
10 > I want to make it as easy as possible for him to learn web page design,
11 > so that is why I thought ftp would be the easiest and most supported by
12 > tools.
13
14 There is no such thing as a secure FTP server in my book. Maybe you can
15 install a ssh/sftp client on his Windows box and use sftp.
16
17 Uwe
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