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Using virtual users to login to a ProFTPD server, using MySQL

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May 26, 2011
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Using MySQL to store your ProFTPD users, makes it much easier to manage them.
Just fire up you favorite MySQL client and add a new user.
Besides making it easy to manage users it also allows for some additional features.
I’ll be showing you how to implement the following:

  • Keeping a login counter
  • Tracking last login and last update activity
  • Creating temporary user accounts

If you need to set up ProFTPD, see my previous post.

Let’s get started
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Setting up a ProFTPD ftp server

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May 26, 2011
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ProFTPD is a highly configurable GPL-licensed FTP server.
Some of it’s features include:

  • Single main configuration file, with directives and directive groups which are intuitive to any administrator who has ever used the Apache web server.
  • Per directory “.ftpaccess” configuration similar to Apache’s “.htaccess”.
  • Easy to configure multiple virtual FTP servers and anonymous FTP services.
  • Modular design, allowing server to be extended easily with modules. Modules have been written for SQL databases, LDAP servers, SSL/TLS encryption, RADIUS support, etc.
  • IPv6 support.

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Setting up a samba server to share files with windows

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November 25, 2010
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Here’s a quick guide to setting up samba.
The goal is sharing a general downloads folder, and each user’s home folder.
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