From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 22 09:54:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA18715 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 09:54:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lucy.bedford.net (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA18708 for ; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 09:54:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listread@lucy.bedford.net) Received: (from listread@localhost) by lucy.bedford.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA10494; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 12:26:24 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from listread) Message-Id: <199808221626.MAA10494@lucy.bedford.net> Subject: Re: ftp site In-Reply-To: <19980822084018.A217@knebel.com> from Rick Knebel at "Aug 22, 98 08:40:18 am" To: rknebel@csrlink.net (Rick Knebel) Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 12:26:24 -0400 (EDT) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-no-archive: yes Reply-to: djv@bedford.net From: CyberPeasant X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Rick Knebel wrote: > Hi, > I am trying to set up asn anonymous ftp site on my computer. > I have read ftpd and am able to log in as anonymous. > The problem is after I see the welcome message and it says the current > directory is / it just keeps tring to download the ftp directory and and > nothing happens. > Do I have to point anonymous to a specific directory? > Thanks Alot Create a user named ftp ftp:*:14:5::0:0:Anonymous FTP Admin:/var/ftp:/nonexistent You've already done that, no doubt. The directory you're looking at is ftp's home dir, /var/ftp. A local ftp session should look like: [listread@castor listread]$ ftp localhost Connected to localhost. 220 castor.loco.net FTP server (Version 6.00) ready. Name (localhost:listread): ftp 331 Guest login ok, send your email address as password. Password: 230- Your welcome message here. 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> dir 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for '/bin/ls'. total 8 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root operator 512 Apr 24 18:53 bin dr-xr-xr-x 2 root operator 512 Apr 24 18:53 etc drwxrwxrwt 2 root operator 512 Apr 24 18:53 incoming drwxr-xr-x 2 root operator 512 Jul 25 02:36 pub 226 Transfer complete. ftp> pwd 257 "/" is current directory. ftp> quit What are you getting? Dave -- Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message