As a followup.
I just downloaded and installed Mina in about 5 minutes.
It fired up using ftpd.sh and just seems to work.
Looks like it locks down the home dirs and can also be configured to support TLS from what it looks like.
All traffic gets logged.
This could make a great free FTP replacement server for the IBMi when you need more secure FTP without all the exit program fuss and may just meet your needs for on-prem FTP on the IBMi.
Have fun.
Regards,
Richard Schoen
Web:
http://www.richardschoen.net
Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Schoen
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2020 11:15 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Locking a FTP user into a specific folder using stock FTP server on IBMi 7.1
This Apache Project looks interesting as an option.
I have not tried it yet, but it's an open source FTP server from the Apache site.
It may operate more like a traditional FTP server that you're used to.
https://mina.apache.org/ftpserver-project
Others have already replied to using the built-in FTP server.
Regards,
Richard Schoen
Web:
http://www.richardschoen.net
Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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message: 1
date: Fri, 3 Apr 2020 10:00:02 +1300
from: Laurence Chiu <lchiu7@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: Locking a FTP user into a specific folder using stock FTP
server on IBMi 7.1
This might seem a simple question but I am not IBMi person and I am just getting involved in a major IBMi project. One question arose was, using the stock FTP server in IBMi, can an account be set to be placed in a certain folder on logon and not be able to go a folder up?
It was posed by our security team who are concerned about FTP security and the fact that we are using FTP (albiet only within the corporate network) and so passwords go through in clear text. At this point in time there is no possibility of moving to SFTP
Thanks
midrange.com
