Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 07:20:14 -0800 (PST) From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/48784: No way to disable directory listings in ftpd Message-ID: <200303251520.h2PFKE89038863@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/48784; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: Jeremy Prior <jez@chagford.netcraft.com> Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/48784: No way to disable directory listings in ftpd Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 17:12:48 +0200 On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 05:30:17AM -0800, Jeremy Prior wrote: > On Thu, 2003-03-20 at 17:07, Yar Tikhiy wrote: > > Thanks for your bug report, but have you considered removing > > "r" bits from a directory's permissions in order to prohibit > > listing the directory? > > I considered it, but discounted it for three reasons: > > 1. The ftpd shares its directory tree with a webserver. (The idea > is that the users can access the same content either by ftp:// > or http://); How will turning off the 'r' bit harm HTTP functionality, except for disallowing directory listings? Or do you *want* to allow directory listings via HTTP, but not FTP? :) > 2. I can't trust people adding content to the site to remember to > do this; and A matter of policy, I think.. or it could be automated. > 3. One patch fixes both of these problems I tend to agree with Yar here that while this patch may seem useful, it is not, strictly speaking, needed - its functionality can indeed be achieved by other means (turning off read permission). G'luck, Peter -- Peter Pentchev roam@ringlet.net roam@sbnd.net roam@FreeBSD.org PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553 The rest of this sentence is written in Thailand, on To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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