FTP Server w/out using system account

Hi!

I'm looking for a FTP server which user need no system account in accessing
it,
instead, the FTP server is self-contained a user authenitcation and file
permission
system without depends on the system level fs security.

If I could not explain it to you clearly, think about the case of MySQL
where
user and permission is seperated from Linux user account and fs security.

It is better if the server could support SFTP as well.

A SFTP only solutions is also welcomed.

-- wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm looking for a FTP server which user need no system account in accessing
> it,
> instead, the FTP server is self-contained a user authenitcation and file
> permission
> system without depends on the system level fs security.
>
> If I could not explain it to you clearly, think about the case of MySQL
> where
> user and permission is seperated from Linux user account and fs security.
>
> It is better if the server could support SFTP as well.
>
> A SFTP only solutions is also welcomed.
>
>

You are looking for somethign called virtual users.
Proftpd - proftpd.org
pure-ftpd - http://www.pureftpd.org/

sftp is a part of ssh distribution. It is not a regular ftp client/servrer.
Do you mean TLS or SSL? Both proftpd and pure-ftpd support it.

Thanks,
Pureftpd look great, but could I set up different file permission for
different virtual user?

Say there vusera and vuserb

Both of their home directory is /home/vuserhome

Could I set vusera is writable to the directory, but not vuserb?

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> -- wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I'm looking for a FTP server which user need no system account in
accessing
> > it,
> > instead, the FTP server is self-contained a user authenitcation and file
> > permission
> > system without depends on the system level fs security.
> >
> > If I could not explain it to you clearly, think about the case of MySQL
> > where
> > user and permission is seperated from Linux user account and fs
security.
> >
> > It is better if the server could support SFTP as well.
> >
> > A SFTP only solutions is also welcomed.
> >
> >
>
> You are looking for somethign called virtual users.
> Proftpd - proftpd.org
> pure-ftpd - http://www.pureftpd.org/
>
> sftp is a part of ssh distribution. It is not a regular ftp
client/servrer.
> Do you mean TLS or SSL? Both proftpd and pure-ftpd support it.

"--" <NO_SPAM_PLEASE@email.email> wrote
news:c5p5h3$hnu3@imsp212.netvigator.com:
> I'm looking for a FTP server which user need no system account in
> accessing it,
> instead, the FTP server is self-contained a user authenitcation and
> file permission
> system without depends on the system level fs security.
>
> If I could not explain it to you clearly, think about the case of
> MySQL where
> user and permission is seperated from Linux user account and fs
> security.

proftpd-mysql :-) !

This is a proftpd where accounts can be check in the system and in a Mysql
database. You can even block the system account.

Using the private directory visibility you may fully separate the ftp
serveur view according to the account in the Mysql database.

And if you add an apache+php web service on you server you could define
your accounts online.

Regards

"--" <NO_SPAM_PLEASE@email.email> said:
>Pureftpd look great, but could I set up different file permission for
>different virtual user?
>
>Say there vusera and vuserb
>
>Both of their home directory is /home/vuserhome
>
>Could I set vusera is writable to the directory, but not vuserb?

I don't have experience with pureftpd, but I recall that this was
rather straightforward with proftpd.
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