[Xitami] RE: Xitami Digest, Vol 17, Issue 11

Sat Dec 2 16:41:24 CET 2006

Hi Rick,

Though not an ftp guru, I suggest you alter your anon ftp message to reflect 
that there is none.
Just a thought as you do not seem to have any technical issues.

LA

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>Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 07:29:16 -0400
>From: "Rick Headly" <rickhead at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [nonspam] Re: [Xitami] disabling ftp-root
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>thank you kindly johannes (and magnus),
>
>for all the great information and words of encouragement ;)
>
>i believe another question of mine was addressed here as well, and that's 
>my
>concerns about the stability of these applications, and their ability to 
>run
>unattended for extended periods of time on older hardware, without chewing
>up a lot of resources and bogging down.
>
>i will most likely install these on a test-system first, and play around a
>bit... until i finally get a good feel for what's going on, and what 
>they're
>all about... and go from there.
>
>thanks again!  :)
>
>rick
>
>
>On 11/27/06, Johannes Prost <xitami at pastryworld.ca> wrote:
> >
> > Rick,
> >
> > I am using FileZilla server and client and it is pretty straight 
>forward.
> > I am not an ftp guru
> > either, but it works pretty well. The nice thing which I like with file
> > zilla server, you can set
> > the IP's you want to connect to the server, if this is desired and
> > possible (dyn IP customers ?)
> >
> > I would have to dig up my notes as I had it installed, and didn't look
> > into it anymore. It is here
> > with a few users like running: Start it up > forget it as it is running
> > just fine. I am maybe not
> > running the actual version, but....
> >
> > http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/
> >
> > Johannes
> >
> > > thank you francis,
> > >
> > > on a recent recommendation from someone here on the list, i decided to
> > take
> > > a quick look at guild-ftp.  it's a very impressive looking piece of
> > software
> > > indeed, but i eventually decided to abort that idea, due to my lack of
> > > understanding how 'normal' ftp services function.  though i've been
> > using
> > > ftp regularly for the past 10 or 11 years, i've never actually 
>belonged
> > to
> > > an ftp file-share 'group' as such... and just don't get the whole
> > concept of
> > > the 'normal' format.  the virtual directories (pub, guest, upload, 
>etc.)
> > > really confuse me, as i fail to understand their unique purpose from a
> > > user's point if view.  previously, whether i've been hosting or being
> > > hosted, ftp has served strictly as a tool for the manipulation of
> > password
> > > protected web-content.  because i consider my ftp requirements to be
> > > somewhat 'light duty', i decided to scrap the whole guild-ftp idea, 
>and
> > not
> > > try to fix something that wasn't necessarily broken.
> > >
> > > if any of you run a 'fully functional' ftp service, or know of any 
>such
> > > public services that i could test-drive (as a user), i would kindly
> > > appreciate an invite :).  i'm sure i could learn a lot from a little
> > > hands-on experience.
> > >
> > > thanks!
> > >
> > > rick
> > >
> > >
> > > On 11/26/06, Francis Turner <francis.turner at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > You ought to disable Xitami's FTP completely. Its a pretty 
>unreliable
> > > > implementation. If you replace it with some other ftpd you can then
> > > > make sure that only non-anonymous users have access
> > > >
> > > > On 11/25/06, Rick Headly <rickhead at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > i've been using xitami for a few years, to host a number of
> > > > > independently-owned sites and domains for others, in various
> > locations
> > > > > around the globe.  each web-masters on the service, simply 
>supplies
> > > > their
> > > > > user-name/password combo to log directly into their designated
> > > > web-directory
> > > > > (via xitami's ftp) to edit or make changes to their site.  this 
>all
> > > > seems to
> > > > > work very well.
> > > > >
> > > > > my problem, is that some of these web-masters (upon supplying an
> > > > incorrect
> > > > > password) report finding themselves logged into the ftp-root...
> > > > > anonymously... and get confused because they can't find their 
>files.
> > > > >
> > > > > i would like to completely disable anonymous logins (and the ftp
> > root)
> > > > > altogether, as i'm only interested in supplying ftp-service to my
> > > > authorized
> > > > > web-masters... and only if they've supplied a valid user-name and
> > > > password.
> > > > >
> > > > > i simply don't want to be providing bandwidth or resources, or
> > handling
> > > > > ftp-connections for just any tom, dick, or harry-bot, who happens 
>to
> > hit
> > > > me
> > > > > on port-21.  i see it as a security threat.  i would prefer if
> > > > xitami-ftp
> > > > > simply did not respond to anyone without a user-name and 
>password...
> > > > because
> > > > > they aren't supposed to be there to begin with.
> > > > >
> > > > > is it possible to 'disable' the ftp-root in such a manner?
> > > > >
> > > > > if so, i'd really appreciate a few pointers in tweaking up my
> > config.
> > > > >
> > > > > thanks!
> > > > >
> > > > > rick
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> > Johannes
> >
> >
> >
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