How do I get a FTP Deamon working?

[Guest_imported]

I Just installed Red Hat Linux 6.1 the other day and set up Apache Web Server and WU-FTPd and AnonFTP on the system.&nbsp;&nbsp;I have no clue where to start when it comes to the FTP deamon.&nbsp;&nbsp;Does anyone know of a good deamon that is easy to use and isn't as confusing to use as WU-FTPd?&nbsp;&nbsp;I need to set up a FTP Deamon that allows for &quot;imaginary&quot; users (users that don't have a real user account on the server).&nbsp;&nbsp;I want to develop a way for my clients to access a section of the web server that they own and I need the users to be able to access any location on the server that I specify.&nbsp;&nbsp;I tried to figure out how to get WU-FTPd set up but I couldn't find anything on creating users or passwords or telling what paths the users have access to.&nbsp;&nbsp;I used WAR-FTPd for windows previously, and it was much easier to specify what the users have access to.&nbsp;&nbsp;This is just too stone age to understand, if you ask me.&nbsp;&nbsp;Can someone help me set this up or tell me a good, user friendly FTP Deamon to use?<br>Thank you,<br>Steve Kiehl, Webmaster, <b><i>Nanovox</i>.com</b>

 

[DixieFlatline]

In RH 6.1, you can use linuxconf tool to start daemon.&nbsp;&nbsp;In fact, I think RH has their own console ansi graphics tool.&nbsp;&nbsp;Just type in setup any where on the console and from there there should be an option called services.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you know unix, you can always edit the text files to start it.&nbsp;&nbsp;As of ftp only account, I have never done that on unix.&nbsp;&nbsp;I am not sure if you can.

 

[Guest_imported]

Okay. I just upgraded to Red Hat 6.2.&nbsp;&nbsp;I know how to get an FTP deamon running in the services.&nbsp;&nbsp;I need a way to set up virtual hosts and virtual users.&nbsp;&nbsp;I need to be able to give my users ftp access and only ftp access to the system.&nbsp;&nbsp;And I need it to locate them in a place other than their home directories.&nbsp;&nbsp;Is there an ftp server that can do that easily? and if there is, can anyone show me how?&nbsp;&nbsp;I'm kind of new to this linux business.<br>Thanks,<br>Steve Kiehl<br>Webmaster, <b><i>Nanovox</i>.com</b>

 

[Delton]

Have you tried Webmin. Works well with Netscape and has functions for wu-ftpd, samba, sendmail, dhcp, etc.,? Their site is at <A HREF="

http://www.webmin.com/webmin/"

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http://www.webmin.com/webmin/</A>

 

[pmkincaid]

Have you taken a look at ProFTPd?&nbsp;&nbsp;I haven't actually used the vitual Users and sites, but I think that it is supported.&nbsp;&nbsp;Check out <A HREF="

http://www.proftpd.org"

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http://www.proftpd.org</A>.<br><br>I've

used ProFTP for a while and found it was a lot easier to setup in the first place than WU.<br><br>Hope this helps,<br>Paul