Re: ProFTPd; how to set up write access for home dirs
give me your /etc/proftpd.conf
i'd advise against usin proftpd btw its still not prooven to be secure
yet. i use the openbsd ftpd ported to linux v0.2.2
http://www.eleves.ens.fr:8080/home/madore/programs/#prog_ftpd-BSD
nate
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On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, Kent West wrote:
> aphro wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, Kent West wrote:
> >
> > > I checked the docs and the archives, but I'm not understanding
> > > what I need to do.
> > >
> > > I've got proftpd running, and I can ftp into my box as both
> > > anonymous and a normal user. As each I can "get" files, put I
> > > can't "put" files. For teh anonymous user, that's great. But how
> > > do I specify that a normal user can "put" to his own home
> > > directory?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > >
> >
> > proftpd, like most ftpds use filesystem permissions when dealing with
> > normal users, proftpd has the option to deny overwrites, which i
> > (think?) is default(see /etc/proftpd.conf) for the anonymous user
> > permissions it is treated as the user 'ftp' in most cases, and the root
> > directory for anonymous users is ftp's home directory.
> >
> > nate
> >
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> When I ftp in, I use a normal user account, and I can see that
> normal user's directory, but I still can't write to it, even
> though I can write to it if I'm telnetted (or locally logged) in.
> So it's something specific to proftpd, not filesystem
> permissions.
>
> Thanks anyway.
>
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