[ilugc]configuring ftpd

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

<quote who="Arpit Sud">
> 2. User 'ftp' must belong to which group? Should i create a new group
> 'ftp'? Is there any specific gid for it?
>
>
> 3. Must i set a password for the user 'ftp'?

there is usually a default "ftp" user defined in most standard linux /
unix distributions.

it has no privileges or shell. no password either

ftp is the uid/gid the ftp daemon runs under, typically - whether or not
you configure your ftp daemon to allow anonymous ftp access is another
matter altogether.

then the next step is carefully controlling anon ftp downloads, and
restricting anon ftp uploads.

i would suggest using a security oriented ftp daemon such as vsftpd,
that'll let you do this quite easily.

regards
-srs