Topic: alternative to ftp

[kryptos]

hi all,

Just wanna ask for suggestion on how to access files externally? I have read about ftp but they says its not secure or advisable to use it.This is the scenario we want one of our foreign client to have a common exchange of files. So that we can update each other files regularly.

Regards,
Rocel

[raem]

kryptos

scp
or
WinSCP

[kryptos]

Hi Ray,

I have tried winscp but how do i connect as non-root? It seems that it won't accept as non-admin

Thanks,
Rocel

[Daniel B.]

Users need to have rssh access, look for smeserver-remoteuseraccess contrib, with it, you can define for each user if they'll have rssh access or not. (you can even enter a public key for key-based authentication)

[raem]

kryptos

configure the dungog repo with status disabled

db yum_repositories set dungog repository \
 BaseURL http://dungog.net/sme/smeserver/$releasever/$basearch/dungog \
 EnableGroups yes \
 GPGCheck no \
 Name 'SME Server 7 - dungog' \
 Visible yes \
 status disabled

the do
yum install --enablerepo=dungog smeserver-remoteuseraccess


or get it from
http://sme.dungog.net/packages/smeserver/7.0/i386/dungog/RPMS/smeserver-remoteuseraccess-1.2-8.noarch.rpm

Setup keys for different users
http://wiki.contribs.org/SSH_Public-Private_Keys

[Boris]

I don't necessarily trust other users to have rssh or any shell access to my servers. Their ability to browse through the other folders even without changing much causes me shivering.
Locking them (chroot) in the one folder is the only way I can accept and sleep at night.
Webshare, Oliver or FileExecutive  are secure, easy to use my first and only choice.

[raem]

Boris & all

Locking them (chroot) in the one folder is the only way I can accept and sleep at night.

Which can be configured per user if you install smeserver-remoteuseraccess contrib

[kryptos]

hi all,

I have tried remoteuser-access from dungog but as of now i have encounter some problems with it. This server has so many contribs installed maybe some errors before that i haven't corrected.I will try to install remoteuser-access on another server. But anyway what i have noticed when i install that contrib one thing i noticed is that it displays unnecessary directories that I don't want to be seen even chrooting that user to specific IBAY.When try to browse some directories i can even see my list of usernames when the try dig on more on the accessed server. Is this the way it should be? or maybe cause by some errors on the server?  If not how can I control the user which folder they will see and access from outside of lan?

Regards,
Rocel

[william_syd]

configure the dungog repo with status disabled

Ray,

A lot of previous off-site contribs are now in the smecontribs repo.

[root@tiger proc]# yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=smecontribs list available

[root@tiger proc]# yum  --enablerepo=smecontribs install smeserver-remoteuseraccess.noarch

[william_syd]

This server has so many contribs installed .....

For a list of added rpms try...

[root@tiger proc]# /sbin/e-smith/audittools/newrpms

[kryptos]

Hi All,

I just use webshare it seems what i wanted to do.One thing is lacking with this contrib is that it doesn't have any logout option. In Oliver it has, does anyone here tried installing it on SME? But with webshare so far so good. Thank you all...


Regards,
Rocel

[stephen noble]

the dungog repo is now obsolete, all the rpms have been move to smecontribs

chroot ssh is possible, but someone else will have to work out how
maybe make a bug/NFR to discuss how to do it

you have to setup a chroot jail for each area
or I've read you can chroot selected users to their own ~/home with one jail

[shriddx]

or get it from
http://sme.dungog.net/packages/smeserver/7.0/i386/dungog/RPMS/smeserver-remoteuseraccess-1.2-8.noarch.rpm

Newer version at: http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/smeserver/releases/7/smecontribs/i386/repodata/repoview/smeserver-remoteuseraccess-0-1.2-16.el4.sme.html

[raem]

william, stephen, shriddx

It's tricky keeping up with all the changes that keep happening.
Thanks for the update.

[shriddx]

Found it as I was looking for this for myself earlier then read this thread a few minutes later....

Don't know if it fixes kyrptos' problems though...