From owner-freebsd-security Mon Feb 19 13:26:31 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (flutter.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.147]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8654037B401 for ; Mon, 19 Feb 2001 13:26:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from critter (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f1JLQZx87018; Mon, 19 Feb 2001 22:26:35 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftpd's read-only mode In-Reply-To: Your message of "19 Feb 2001 21:27:29 +0100." Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 22:26:35 +0100 Message-ID: <87016.982617995@critter> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message , Dag-Erling Smorgrav writes: >A while ago, Poul-Henning implemented a read-only option in ftpd that >makes the server refuse any command that would write, remove or modify >a file or directory. Currently, the server will send a 202 reply with >the reason "Command ignored. Server is in readonly mode.", but I think >that a "550 Permission denied" would be much more appropriate. Does >anybody object to this change? No, go ahead if you think that is better. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message