Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 20:20:01 -0700 (PDT) From: jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/6901: Ftpd allows access to only one directory tree for anonymous users Message-ID: <199806100320.UAA04961@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/6901; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: jack <jack@germanium.xtalwind.net>
To: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: misc/6901: Ftpd allows access to only one directory tree for anonymous users
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 23:13:21 -0400 (EDT)
On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Bill Fenner wrote:
> Can't you do this with an unmodified ftpd with the "user" field of
> /etc/ftphosts? The ftpd man page says:
>
> user Contains a user record in the system password file. ...
> The anonymous ftp area ... is determined by the home
> directory defined for the account. ...
Not unless `ftp.virtualhost.com' instructs all its would be
anonymous users to log is using whatever name is specified as
user for that host in /etc/ftphosts.
As it is now a user doing an anonymous login to
`ftp.virtualhost.com' ends up in the same directory as one
logging in as anonymous to `ftp.realhost.com'.
It works fine for the the specified user name, but for the
virtual domain holder to make their wares available via anonymous
ftp those files must reside in the real host's ~ftp. And, either
that domain holder needs write access to that directory (can you
say NT?) or the sysadmin has to maintain it for them. (That be
me and I don't need the extra work :)
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