Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 23:49:29 -0700 From: "Lawrence Horvath" <lordsporkton@gmail.com> To: "Daniel A. Akulenok" <alive@dienub.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hiding dot files with ftpd Message-ID: <a1bf75ae0606032349j41f1348k936d10d21a45095b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1840.83.92.78.110.1149374133.squirrel@mail.dienub.org> References: <7.0.1.0.2.20060603225657.020a0a98@broadpark.no> <1840.83.92.78.110.1149374133.squirrel@mail.dienub.org>
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On 6/3/06, Daniel A. Akulenok <alive@dienub.org> wrote: > On Sat, June 3, 2006 22:57, Kyrre Nygard wrote: > > > > What's up all? > > > > Just wondering if it's possible to hide dot files somehow > > with FreeBSD's default ftpd when I invoke it from inetd? > > > > ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/libexec/ftpd ftpd -l > > ftp stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/libexec/ftpd ftpd -l > > > > Thanks, > > Kyrre > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > Hi Kyrre, > Files prepended with dots in UNIX operating systems usually symoblize a > file which is not shown to the user on a regular basis because the user > will actually not _need_ to know of it's prescense in daily use. > Therefore, it is entirely up to the FTP client of the user if files > prepended with dots are shown or not. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Is there a way to get the ftp server to not list the dot prepended files? if say you REALLY don't want the client to see the files, can you get the server to not send it in a "list" reply? and by the same means could you get the server to not list dirs as well?(that was just being my curiosity) -- -Lawrence
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