From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 4 21: 9:15 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67BF637B401 for ; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 21:09:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from casper.sri.com (casper.SRI.COM [128.18.243.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DECE643EC5 for ; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 21:09:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hogsett@csl.sri.com) Received: (qmail 26128 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2002 05:09:08 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO casper.SRI.COM) (127.0.0.1) by casper.sri.com with SMTP; 5 Dec 2002 05:09:08 -0000 Received: from quarter.csl.sri.com ([130.107.1.30]) by casper.SRI.COM (NAVGW 2.5.2.17) with SMTP id M2002120421090729078 ; Wed, 04 Dec 2002 21:09:07 -0800 Received: from axp.csl.sri.com (axp.csl.sri.com [130.107.2.30]) by quarter.csl.sri.com (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id gB5597nr027526; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 21:09:07 -0800 Received: from axp.csl.sri.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by axp.csl.sri.com (8.12.6/8.12.3) with ESMTP id gB5596KX007975; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 21:09:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hogsett@axp.csl.sri.com) Message-Id: <200212050509.gB5596KX007975@axp.csl.sri.com> To: Lord Raiden Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Enabling root ftp access In-Reply-To: Message from Lord Raiden of "Wed, 04 Dec 2002 22:39:57 EST." <4.2.0.58.20021204223840.009498c0@pop.voyager.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 8.8 (Time Passed Me By)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 21:09:06 -0800 From: Mike Hogsett Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Silly question. Using ProFTPD, how do I enable access by root via FTP? > I > need it only for short periods to be able to move and upload/update certain > files. I understand the security risks and the server will only need to be > up for brief periods of time. Anyone know how to do this? Thanks. I would recommend FTP by a user, ssh to the host as user, become root and move the files. - Mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message