Frankly I wouldn't worry too much about the security risk as long as you
flip it on, make your backup, and flip it off. Heck, you can just
disconnect from the external network while you do the backup if you're
really worried.
James wrote:
>
> 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
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