We have two clients that script FTP using ncftpput to upload files to our ftp servers. In the past on Solaris 10, we used WU-FTPD and everything worked smoothly. We migrated of SPARC and onto Ubuntu 12.04 server on x86 hardware last year. Initially, we were using VSFTPD. Everything works fine except for timestamps. Basically, when the file is uploaded via ncftpdput, the client retains the time stamp of the files from the computer uploading to the server. With WU, the files received timestamps from the time and date they were uploaded.
We use the time of the file to determine whether or not to process the file. I've tried VSFTPD, Pure-FTPD, and Pro-FTPD and with all of those, the time stamps are preserved no matter what flag or setting we use with the ftp server. Don't get me wrong, I can see why you would want this, but its not what we need. We did try WU-FTPD but due to the way Ubuntu links the ls command, and all the hassle of chrooting the users, we don't think that is a viable option.
Any help or suggestions would be great.
Thanks
Paul
We use the time of the file to determine whether or not to process the file. I've tried VSFTPD, Pure-FTPD, and Pro-FTPD and with all of those, the time stamps are preserved no matter what flag or setting we use with the ftp server. Don't get me wrong, I can see why you would want this, but its not what we need. We did try WU-FTPD but due to the way Ubuntu links the ls command, and all the hassle of chrooting the users, we don't think that is a viable option.
Any help or suggestions would be great.
Thanks
Paul
