From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 4 22:15: 5 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 F010537B401 for ; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 22:15:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from digger1.defence.gov.au (digger1.defence.gov.au [203.5.217.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36DE543EB2 for ; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 22:15:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Alex.Wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au) Received: from dsto-ms2.dsto.defence.gov.au (dsto-ms2.dsto.defence.gov.au [131.185.2.150]) by digger1.defence.gov.au (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id gB56D3e00048 for ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 16:43:03 +1030 (CST) Received: from muttley.dsto.defence.gov.au (unverified) by dsto-ms2.dsto.defence.gov.au (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.2.10) with ESMTP id ; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 16:44:37 +1030 Received: from salex001.dsto.defence.gov.au (salex001.dsto.defence.gov.au [131.185.2.9]) by muttley.dsto.defence.gov.au (8.9.3/8.9.3/8.9.3.LMD.990513) with ESMTP id QAA07916; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 16:05:26 +1030 (CST) Received: from squirm.dsto.defence.gov.au ([131.185.75.211]) by salex001.dsto.defence.gov.au with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13) id XR5ZKVCL; Thu, 5 Dec 2002 16:05:30 +1030 Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 16:05:25 +1030 (CST) From: "Wilkinson,Alex" X-X-Sender: wilkinsa@squirm.dsto.defence.gov.au Reply-To: Alex.Wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au To: Lord Raiden Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Enabling root ftp access In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.20021204223840.009498c0@pop.voyager.net> Message-ID: <20021205160453.Q8262-100000@squirm.dsto.defence.gov.au> References: <4.2.0.58.20021204223840.009498c0@pop.voyager.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 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 Comment out root in the file /etc/ftpusers - aW >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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message