FTP "securing"

[Randy Edwards]

> The real issue you're facing is that you're authenticating more then one
> party (i.e., more then one customer) using the same username/password (to
> the FTP server).

    Exactly.  What about giving each customer with a support contract a 
unique FTP username/password?

    Then for each customer, make a symbolic link to the patch subdirectory 
so everyone can get their patches.  (This can easily be done with etc/skel 
or a script, the only real work is to replicate it across the 7 FTP servers.)

    When a support contact then terminates, kill the expiring user's 
account, and then they'd get nothing -- yet everyone else with a valid 
contract keeps the same username and access privileges.

  Regards,
  .
  Randy

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