Re: FTP and security

On Wednesday 27 November 2002 01:42, Richard Fox wrote: > To relate this to php, I am ready to give up > trying to make my > > system("scp ......"); > > code work, because I will have to give the apache user more permissions > than I am comfortable with. What exactly are the problems you're encountering using scp? So, I am thinking fo using php's ftp commands > instead. I see nowhere in the documentation however, if the ftp_connect can > be done via the ssh transport mechanism. Or, is this unnecessary, and can I > use ftp (with plain text user and password passed to ftp_login()) on port > 21 without worrying about getting hacked? Well, if you're going to be using ftp-over-ssh, I don't see why you're not using scp directly instead. -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * /* "Those who do not do politics will be done in by politics." -- French Proverb */