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 […]

Running Elgg on a MySQL cluster

I have recently been exploring some aspects of the Elgg scalability question by exploring how easy it would be to get the latest version of Elgg (1.6) running on a MySQL cluster. In this article I will document the process, but first I should point out: This is highly experimental and not endorsed in any […]

Marcus Povey

I have recently been exploring some aspects of the Elgg scalability question by exploring how easy it would be to get the latest version of Elgg (1.6) running on a MySQL cluster. In this article I will document the process, but first I should point out: This is highly experimental and not endorsed in any […]