[expert] Re: FTP privileges

[James]

Charles Curley wrote:
:That would involve giving FTP access to root areas of the system, which
:is potentially insecure. I advise against it.

What if I were to give ownership, or add a name to the group of the files
and directories I want to access (for example, /httpd/html) from another
computer via FTP? Would this work?  And if so, is it a security risk as
well?

Thanks

james