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Trick: Set up a virtual FTP server with pam-mysql |
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Saturday, 09 February 2008 |
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Setting up a virtual File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server with a
database back end offers many benefits. By using a database, you can
store a large number of users centrally, so it's easy to manage. It
offers more security than traditional Unix OS authentication methods,
because virtual users can access only the FTP server's resources, not
the OS's. You can use the many Web tools that are available to easily
install, configure, and manage the database back end.
A virtual FTP server also supports some special characters, such as @,
that FTP itself doesn't support, which can come in handy if, for
example, your company uses its employees' email addresses for identity
purposes. Read more at Linux.com
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