Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 13:50:06 GMT From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/21994: Config of Anonftp (at install) always creates 'incoming' Message-ID: <200512301350.jBUDo6p2086605@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/21994; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Gnats Submit <freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: conf/21994: Config of Anonftp (at install) always creates 'incoming' Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 13:39:46 +0000 On Fri, Dec 30, 2005 at 08:31:59AM -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > On Thursday 29 December 2005 06:20 pm, Ceri Davies wrote: > > The following reply was made to PR conf/21994; it has been noted by GNATS. > > > > From: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> > > To: gad@eclipse.acs.rpi.edu > > Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: conf/21994: Config of Anonftp (at install) always creates > > 'incoming' Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 23:19:44 +0000 > > > > On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 04:35:45PM -0400, Garance A Drosehn wrote: > > > During the installation process, one has the option of enabling > > > anonymous FTP. I do want anonymous FTP, but I never want to > > > create an 'incoming' (world writable) directory. In the screen > > > for "Anonymous FTP configuration", there is a field called > > > "Upload subdirectory" which defaults to "incoming". I delete > > > the word "incoming", leaving a null field. This seems like a > > > logical way to say that I don't want ANY upload directory. > > > However, the install process still creates ~ftp/incoming, and > > > makes it world-writable. > > > > This is still a problem, despite the help text on this screen > > suggesting that leaving the field blank is ok.\ > > > > Where do you suggest that the FTP user's home directory is set to > > instead? /var/empty perhaps? > > You don't need to change that directory. That home directory still needs to > exist and is where anon ftp files go. It just needs to not create the > world-writable incoming directory if that field is blank. Yes, of course. Thanks. Ceri
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