How to set up ProFTP, MySQL and Virtual Users

ProFTP is a configurable FTP server available on most *nix platforms. I recently had the need to get this working and authenticating off a PHP maintained MySQL backend, and this post is primarily to aid my own memory should I ever have to do it again. Installing ProFTP In order to use MySQL as a […]

Marcus Povey

ProFTP is a configurable FTP server available on most *nix platforms. I recently had the need to get this working and authenticating off a PHP maintained MySQL backend, and this post is primarily to aid my own memory should I ever have to do it again. Installing ProFTP In order to use MySQL as a […]

The Facebook question: is privacy dead?

The other day I took the decision to delete my Facebook account. There has been a lot about Facebook and privacy in the tech press over the past few weeks – making live chats public, the ABC bug, criminalising violations of their terms of service, etc. Facebook has a clear habit of leaking data, and […]

Marcus Povey

The other day I took the decision to delete my Facebook account. There has been a lot about Facebook and privacy in the tech press over the past few weeks – making live chats public, the ABC bug, criminalising violations of their terms of service, etc. Facebook has a clear habit of leaking data, and […]