One can navigate (WHM>> Home>> Service Configuration>> FTP Server Selection) to utilize this feature.
An FTP server refers to a computer equipped with file transfer protocol (FTP) address and is devoted to establishing an FTP connection. It needs a TCP/IP network to function. The FTP server is a crucial component and aids the exchange of files over the internet between a client and a server. In order to protect and secure the username and password for safe and secure transmission of files, FTP is usually protected with SSL/TLS (FTPS) or switched with SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
With this interface you can perform two functions:
Follow the steps given below to select an FTP daemon for your server:
To disable the FTP services, you have to:
Pure-FTPD is a free STP server licensed by BSD. Its main area of focus is software security. Pure-FTPD can be run on a number of operating systems like FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Linux, Solaris, Tru64, Irix, HP-UX, DragonFly BSD, NetBSD, Darwin and Android.
ProFTPD is short for Pro FTP daemon. It is free and open source software that can run on Unix-like systems and Microsoft Windows. Platforms that support ProFTPD are:
Characteristics | Pure-FTPD | ProFTPD |
Speed of FTP transfers | Faster | Slower |
Display statistics in the statistics menu | No | Yes |
Virtual User Quotas support | Yes | No |
Bandwidth usage display which in turn will enable you to monitor the amount of bandwidth used by every FTP sessions | No | Yes |
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