From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 9 21:51:16 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from earth.wnm.net (earth.wnm.net [208.246.240.243]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 328EA14E63 for ; Sat, 9 Oct 1999 21:50:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from alex@wnm.net) Received: from localhost (alex@localhost) by earth.wnm.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA02825; Sat, 9 Oct 1999 23:51:01 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 23:51:01 -0500 (CDT) From: Alex Charalabidis To: jason Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: hiding directories on ftp server In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 9 Oct 1999, jason wrote: > I wanted the directory to not be visible (as well as the files in it).. > but still be able to be downloaded from if they know what file *AND* > directory (i.e. I tell them explicitly) to get it from. > If you want an ftpd that can run circles around itself, brew coffee and juggle oranges at the same time, proftpd is the obvious choice. Granted, its security record has been abominable lately but, in terms of features like the one you need, I doubt you'll find anything else worth its bacon. Not that I've tried doing what you're trying to do but I've used it for similar restrictive configurations. Ports have not been updated with the latest version afaik (at least two days ago they hadn't), check www.proftpd.org for the newest. -ac -- Alex Charalabidis WebNet Memphis (901) 432-6000 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message