Re: [PLUG] large file transfer

[gyoza@comcast.net]

Matthew Rosewarne wrote:
> On Friday 26 January 2007 17:55, gyoza@comcast.net wrote:
>   
> > By default, vsftpd seems to accept sftp connections from system users
> > and anonymous-only connections for regular ftp.
> >     
> The "VS" in vsftpd stands for Very Secure, and that setup is best practise for 
> FTP, since giving any more access rights would be a security hole.  If you 
> need to change anything, check the man page first and if that doesn't help 
> try the wiki:
> http://viki.brainsware.org/HomePage
>   

First problem: sftp connections are being handled by sshd instead of 
vsftpd, so it isn't using vsftpd's chroot feature.

I disabled anonymous access.
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