Pure FTP Server

The server can run 100% as a non-root user with all features turned on, including chroot, virtual domains, and virtual users. ACLs for virtual users (puredb) can resolve dynamic host names (not only static IP addresses), the LDAP backend supports an extended schema with quota, ratios, bandwidth management, and FTP-specific UID/GID attributes, and MD5 hashed passwords are implemented in the PostgreSQL backend. External authentication modules are properly working on non-Linux systems, and they can compile without ratio/quotas/throttling.

W3C-conformant log files can now be generated and passwords can now be MD5-hashed for MySQL authentication. A new external authentication handler (extauth) has been added, so that anyone can write custom authentication methods in a few lines of shell script. The package now compiles and runs on MacOS X, AtheOS, and Windows. Performance was improved and old bugs were fixed, including compilation with OpenLDAP/SSL. Chroot can now work even when the server is launched by a non-root user, and the documentation was improved.

Virtual hosts and virtual chroot can now play together. Directory aliases ("cd"
shortcuts and the "SITE ALIAS" command) were implemented. This release fixes a
couple of bugs introduced in 1.0.6. Upgrading is recommended if you are running
that version.

A new "virtual chroot" feature was added. This allows chrooted users to follow
any symbolic link, even when it is pointing to a file located outside the
user's home directory. Users can now be stored in a PostgreSQL database. A
workaround for an FTP Explorer bug has been fixed. Dot-files can now be
accessed even with virtual quotas. A Swedish translation was added. Fixes for
Linux and Solaris were made.

This release has a new "virtual chroot" feature : chrooted users can now follow any symbolic link, even when it is pointing to a file located outside the user's home directory. Korean and Danish translations were updated.