Re: proftpd in testing

[Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com>]

	Hi.

On Sun, 11 Dec 2016 12:02:02 +0100
Florian Lindner <mailinglists@xgm.de> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm currently doing a re-setup of my server on Debian Testing. My old
> server, which is on oldstable used proftpd as FTP server.
> 
> https://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=sourcenames&keywords=proftpd
> 
> proftpd seems to be removed from Stretch. Is that true or a
> misunderstanding on my side? Why was it removed? Lack of maintainer or a
> specific reason?

These two bugs are not fixed in this package, one of them has Release
Critical priority, hence proftpd gets droped from the testing:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=831961

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=836759

Also,

https://packages.qa.debian.org/p/proftpd-dfsg.html

https://packages.qa.debian.org/p/proftpd-dfsg/news/20160924T163915Z.html


> Can you recommend any alternatives? Nothing fancy, just a ftp server
> that can use mysql as authentication and bear the load of approx on or
> two logins in a week... ;-)

Maybe vsftpd. I'm unsure about mysql authentication though.

Reco