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* ftp passes usernames and passwords over the internet in plain text; therefore, enabling ftp access from the internet using passwords is a security risk.
* ftp passes usernames and passwords over the internet in plain text; therefore, enabling ftp access from the internet using passwords is a security risk.
* I am unaware of any security impact simply from installing smeserver-remoteuseraccess, but almost everything you can do with it does have a potential impact on your server's security.
* I am unaware of any security impact simply from installing smeserver-remoteuseraccess, but almost everything you can do with it does have a potential impact on your server's security.
* I don't know if groups are added to /etc/ftpusers by design or by accident. If by design, there is probably a security implication in allowing group access to your FTP sites other than the obvious one (the more people who can access your server insecurely, the worse your security).
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