See, I said it was stupid. Thanks, I'll change the home directory of "ftp" to "/" and try again tomorrow night (tonight is too busy). This system is not on the Internet, just my home LAN. The PC on the Internet has a paranoid firewall configuration, so I don't worry about that.
-- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Applications & Solutions Team +1.817.255.3225 This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. > -----Original Message----- > From: Florian La Roche [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 8:53 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Installing Debian 3.0r1 (woody) on Hercules/390 > > > > I can't figure out this problem, I spent about 3 hours last > night trying to > > configure vsftpd correctly and got nowhere. I noticed that > the "ftp" method > > Please note, this might open up a security problem and should > only be done > on safe/firewalled systems: > > If you change the home directory of the ftp user in > /etc/passwd to "/", you > can use anonymous ftp to all your data. Normally you only see > files within > /var/ftp/. > > If possible, just make sure to put the necessary files within > /var/ftp/, > then you should be able to see them with normal ftp (no > user/passwords given). > > greetings, > > Florian La Roche >
