PROFTPD

[joe]

Res wrote:

>On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, Bill Nottingham wrote:
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>>Ronny Buchmann (ronny-vlug at vlugnet.org) said:
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>>>>No. We prefer the security history of vsftpd. :)
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>>>So why not use pureftpd?
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>>Because we haven't had problems with vsftpd, and it's had both
>>a good stability and performance record in our use. (i.e., if
>>it isn't broken, don't fix it...)
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>One problem Bill, vsftpd is useless in a virtual situation where you have
>multiple customers, one copy of the program and a config file for each
>customer, with proftpd we do it with just 1 sole config file, not with
>hundreds of them.
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Some folks prefer that kind of modularity - neat and clean, you don't 
muck about with one huge config file, it's all separated.

The only thing I miss about proftpd is being able to say "ftpwho"

>Though, we do run vsftpd on our anonymous ftpd cause it doesnt have to
>do anything else :)
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hmm, a linux box that does only one thing? sounds like a lot of wasted 
computing power ;-)


Joe