Am I missing something with SFTP. We have been preaching for as long as I have been working in the industry that FTP should not be used (which I do not argue) but is SFTP suppose to be an alternative?

i've just done a fresh install on a new disk and ftp won't chroot. i've had this problem before and the fix was to hit openbsd and grab lukeftp 1.2 (beta). i've just gone there and it seems the 1.2 ...

Running a public FTP site securely can be difficult. Taking full advantage of the security features supported by your FTP server application of choice can be a chore, and even then there's a good ...

ITworld.com – Often referred to as a “chroot jail” or a “padded cell” because users cannot escape from the directories into which they are put when they log in, the basic concept of a “chroot” (change ...

Previously, I showed you how to build a simple-but-functional FTP server with OpenSuSE Linux (www.opensuse.org). You installed the Yast2-FTP configuration tool, then ...