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Date:      Mon, 13 Dec 1999 10:32:07 -0500 (EST)
From:      Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu>
To:        Peter Kok <cckok00@stlinux.ouhk.edu.hk>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: command abt 'ftp' and 'cp'
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.3.96.991213102928.20404A-100000@sol.cs.binghamton.edu>
In-Reply-To: <38551FE5.C51CB20@stlinux.ouhk.edu.hk>

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On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Peter Kok wrote:

> Hello all
> 
> I would like to know:
> 
> 1/ I couldn't use ftp as login as 'root' from outside to connect
> freebsd?  But I could login as normal user to make connection. 

I believe this is a security feature.  

> 2/ How do I use 'cp' to copy the whole directory to other location.
> 

Use tar and ftp the tar ball.

-Zhihui



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