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SFTP instead of FTP
SFTP instead of FTP
vestacp – Disable vsftpd for security reasons
… if you have ssh properly setup (public-private-key-based-auth) then you can easily connect via sftp to your host and abandon ftp, which is prone to security problems.
E.g. with FileZilla the config looks as easy as this: (if you are logged in with a user under linux that has ssh setup correctly)
to Disable vsftpd:
http://dwaves.de/2016/07/04/vestacp-dis ... y-reasons/
… if you have ssh properly setup (public-private-key-based-auth) then you can easily connect via sftp to your host and abandon ftp, which is prone to security problems.
E.g. with FileZilla the config looks as easy as this: (if you are logged in with a user under linux that has ssh setup correctly)
to Disable vsftpd:
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service vsftpd stop; # sto vsftpd service
update-rc.d -f vsftpd remove; # disable vsftpd service (should also work in debian)
chkconfig vsftpd off; # disable vsftpd service (only works in redhat)
Re: SFTP instead of FTP
Can you tell me reason? Do I still need to disable SFTP?