Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed

By William Ball

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • About the Lead Authors
  • About the Contributing Authors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Tell Us What You Think!
  • Introduction
  • I. Red Hat Linux Installation and User Services
  • Chapter 1. Introduction to Red Hat Linux
  • Chapter 2. Installation of Your Red Hat System
  • Chapter 3. LILO and Other Boot Managers
  • Chapter 4. Configuring the X Window System, Version 11
  • Chapter 5. Window Managers
  • Chapter 6. Connecting to the Internet
  • Chapter 7. IRC, ICQ, and Chat Clients
  • Chapter 8. Using Multimedia and Graphics Clients
  • II. Configuring Services
  • Chapter 9. System Startup and Shutdown
  • Chapter 10. SMTP and Protocols
  • Chapter 11. FTP
    • Getting and Installing the FTP Server
    • How the FTP Server Works
    • Configuring Your FTP Server
    • FTP Administrative Tools
    • Using FTP Clients
    • Summary
  • Chapter 12. Apache Server
  • Chapter 13. Internet News
  • Chapter 14. Domain Name Service and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
  • Chapter 15. NIS: Network Information Service
  • Chapter 16. NFS: Network Filesystem
  • Chapter 17. Samba
  • III. System Administration and Management
  • Chapter 18. Linux Filesystems, Disks, and Other Devices
  • Chapter 19. Printing with Linux
  • Chapter 20. TCP/IP Network Management
  • Chapter 21. Linux System Administration
  • Chapter 22. Backup and Restore
  • Chapter 23. System Security
  • IV. Red Hat Development and Productivity
  • Chapter 24. Linux C/C++ Programming Tools
  • Chapter 25. Shell Scripting
  • Chapter 26. Automating Tasks
  • Chapter 27. Configuring and Building Kernels
  • Chapter 28. Emulators, Tools, and Window Clients
  • V. Appendixes
  • A. The Linux Documentation Project
  • B. Top Linux Commands and Utilities
  • C. The GNU General Public License
  • D. Red Hat Linux RPM Package Listings

Summary

You might think the proliferation of the World Wide Web would make FTP servers extinct; however, that is not the case. People are still deploying FTP sites in full force because of the ease with which they can be established and maintained. No cute HTML, no extra work—just put the file in the right place for downloading and let people get it.

The wealth of FTP clients and transfer tools available for Linux will make the job of transferring a large number of files between computers on a network a lot easier.

This chapter covered, in great detail, configuring the wu-ftpd server. The key points to remember when working with the FTP server are as follows:

• Keep a good watch on security announcements related to FTP servers, especially the wu-ftpd server.
• Monitor your logs for suspicious activity.
• Test your configuration carefully. With a large number of options available, make sure your server behaves the way you intended.
• When setting up file owners and permissions, be sure the permissions are correct.
• Use plenty of messages to help make your server self-documenting to outside users.

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