[olug] FTP Servers....which is preferred?

[Sam Tetherow]

Just for completeness I'll throw in glftpd as well although I would rate 
it as harder to configure than proftpd although it has a lot more bells 
and whistles.

Phil Brutsche wrote:
> Trent Melcher wrote:
> 
>> All
>>
>> Im looking into setting up an ftp server on a linux box I have, wanted 
>> some
>> opinions on which one to use,
> 
> 
> It depends on your needs. ProFPTD is what I use as it has the 
> functionality I require (LDAP user and group lookups, virtual domains, 
> etc).  OTOH, it's not exactly a simple beast to configure ;)
> 
> VSFTPD is popular, and is quite simple to configure.  NcFTPd is another.
> 
> I say go with ProFTPd.
> 


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