Computerworld

Unix Tip: Creating a chrooted FTP account

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 ...
Linux Journal

Synchronizing FTP Files with Perl

Originally, this article was stored on a minimalistic web site. I, along with the thousands of users who use that site, use FTP to maintain the content. This used to mean that after making changes to ...
Computerworld

CERT: Unix and Linux server FTP vulnerability found

A security warning has been issued by the CERT Coordination Center at Carnegie Mellon University advising users of the Washington University FTP daemon (WU-FTPD) for Unix and Linux systems that their ...
Simon Fraser University

Using the FILENAME Statement or the FTP Utility to Specify File Attributes

Note: Releases 6.11 through Version 8 support the FILENAME statement with the FTP access method, which specifies file attributes for file transfer. Releases prior to 6.11 do not support the FILENAME ...
Ars Technica

FTP server issues: Different permissions for command-line clients??

I'm not sure why this is, but when I use SmartFTP to upload a directory to a dropbox on my Linux server (using the WAN IP address) it works without a hitch. MKD command successfull. When I use Windows ...