Instead of using wu-ftpd, I'd recommend installing proftpd. It's more secure, easier to configure, and is more flexible. I think you can find an RPM on the Cooker site. Jeff At 10:14 AM 10/16/00 -0400, Logos wrote: >I recently upgraded my wu-ftpd to 2.6.1 from 2.6.0. I never really gave a >though to configuring it previously as I didn't use it. Now that I plan to use >it, I want to create a guest user...here's what I did: >1.under bash: > useradd penguin > passwd penguin > (and all the good pass change stuff omitted here) > >2.under vipw: > > penguin:x:502:506:guest acct:/home/penguin/./incoming:/etc/ftponly > (supposed to set ./incoming as the root dir for the acct and > /etc/ftponly to prevent other command shell activation) > >3 Added the line "/etc/ftponly" to /etc/shells > >4. Create dirs for guest user: > > cp -r /home/ftp/* /home/penguin/ > chgrp /home/penguin/pub > >5. In /etc/ftpaccess added "guestuser penguin" > >and this, according the the redhat linux bible and other wu-docs, is >supposed to >create a usable guest user for ftp services only. But where does /etc/ftponly >come from? it's not in the src or rpm packages...is this an actual shell, a >list of permissions, or what? When I look at the permissions for >/home/penguin/pub/incoming I see "drwxr-sr-x"....what is this 's' in the group >permissions? I get the message upon password entry under ftp, "550 - Can't set >guest privileges <CR> Login failed." for the penguin guest acct. chmod does >nothing, creating an /etc/ftponly file doesn't work > > > > >-- >_____________________________ >Logos: The Word of the Aeon >----------------------------- >"I shall endure for all time" > -Frater Perdurabo- >_____________________________ >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >_____________________________ > > >Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: >Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
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