From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 13 8:45:34 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from bingnet2.cc.binghamton.edu (bingnet2.cc.binghamton.edu [128.226.1.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44D6C15422 for ; Mon, 13 Dec 1999 08:45:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu) Received: from sol.cs.binghamton.edu (cs1-gw.cs.binghamton.edu [128.226.171.72]) by bingnet2.cc.binghamton.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id LAA26018; Mon, 13 Dec 1999 11:45:20 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 10:32:07 -0500 (EST) From: Zhihui Zhang To: Peter Kok Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: command abt 'ftp' and 'cp' In-Reply-To: <38551FE5.C51CB20@stlinux.ouhk.edu.hk> 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 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message