Set up a virtual FTP server with pam-mysql

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Feb 8, 2008 3:01 PM EDT
Linux.com; By Cunpeng Wang
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Setting up a virtual File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server with a database back end offers many benefits. By using a database, you can store a large number of users centrally, so it's easy to manage. It offers more security than traditional Unix OS authentication methods, because virtual users can access only the FTP server's resources, not the OS's. You can use the many Web tools that are available to easily install, configure, and manage the database back end.

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