hi all,
we have a plain ftp server but i want to make it encrypted as end users use it to download/upload material
is it best to go with ftps (ssl) or sftp (ssh)
i have read this walk through
https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/...-ubuntu-16-04/
on how to make it an ftps server by just installing openssl, making a key file and editing the config files and opening the extra port 990 TCP, job done
but would sftp be a better more secure solution ?
also when we create a new ftp account we dont add ftp users on the linux server via useradd (for authentication), first we make the directory for the ftp user then add the ftp user to the ftpd.passwd file and in that file is what contains the ftp user account, password for that account and location for there ftp directory ie /mnt/ftp_data/user.a
many thanks
rob