We had problems making the stock OS X ftp server actually work, it
would crash on each connect attempt. Also, since it (xftpd) is
based on wu-ftpd, known for past security problems, we had security
concerns. We replaced the stock xftpd with PureFTPD. In
retrospect, I probably would have gone with proftpd instead for more
product maturity and richer configuration options. The downside is
that the GUI seems hardwired for xftpd, so configuration will need
to be done with an actual text editor (your favorite, or vi ;-) ).
It can be made to start on demand by editing the file
/etc/xinetd.d/ftp.
If you plan on supporting a lot of FTP traffic you'll do best to run
the FTPd server stand alone.
The upside is proftpd can be made to authenticate against Open
Directory (OpenLDAP with Apple mods) via pam, so you can manage user
accounts in the Workgroup Manager.
ProFTP can authenticate MANY different ways. In ISP scenarios RADIUS
gets a lot of attention too.
The setup you describe could easily be replicated with some shell
scripting to create the directories and set permissions and/or
restoring from your backups to the OS X server.
Except that they aren't necessary since ProFTP can create directories
on the fly for new users at their first login.
Since the poster wanted a place for mail spools too, these should
then be separated. (Why do you need FTP access to your mailboxen? The
luser will just fuxor it.)
--
-dhan
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