On 2016-09-14 19:40, Vojtěch Zeisek wrote:
Dne středa 14. září 2016 18:17:38 CEST, Mikhail Ramendik napsal(a):
I am running Leap and need to set up an FTP server for the home network. Nothing fancy, a fixed username/password giving read/write access to a directory. Using my own main user sounds a bit insecure, though?
It depends... Is the computer Your main working station? Is it behind reliable firewall? Can You trust Your users?
I understand that ftp transmits the login/password in the clear, so using it for real system users across internet can not be safe. Inside a local network, it is different.
And I failed to find this simple setup in yast or in a quick google. Everything revolves around letting existing users log on thru FTP or not, and even that is not entirely clear (can my main user log on thru vsftpd by default? what do I do to enable/disable it?)
I don't know defaults, but in vsftpd.conf You can set particual group/users to (dis)allow to log in.
I have vsftp right now working with real users and an anonymous user. The former access their homes, the later a special tree. Like you, I don't remember the defaults, the configuration has been evolving over time. But it wasn't difficult. What can be tricky for ftp is the firewall. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)