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Best Linux FTP Server?

Asked by Joshua_Gottlieb in Linux, Ubuntu, Linux Distributions

Tags: ftp, linux, best

Ok, so I need an opinion based answer here.  I've worked with various win32 based ftp servers, and while the features have been great, they have been flaky.

I wanted to see what good linux ftp server alternatives are out there.

Here are a few of my requirements:

Supports SSL/FTP

Relatively simple user management (I don't want some long complicated procedure to do something simple like add a user)

Dynamic IP support

Good PASV configurability (I'm behind a firewall that has a dynamic IP)

Bandwidth throttling

Ideally some nice real-time monitoring similar to what is provided by most win32 based ftp servers.. i.e. see what commands users are entering in real time, watch what transfers are currently taking place.

Semi-granular security - I will be setting up the ftp server on a linux host, but the files being shared will be on a win32 host, so I'll be mounting smbfs shares.

GUI would be nice (even if just via webmin) but not critical.

Good overall logging etc.

I've looked a little at wu-ftp and proftpd etc... they look like good standards, but there are many others out there.  

I'm trying not to kill a lot of time learning about one, then realizing it doesn't do quite what I want and learning another etc... Hoping to go with a "best of breed" right out of the gate.

Any input would be appreciated.

Joshua
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