From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 8 15:34:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA27930 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 8 Sep 1998 15:34:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from brontes.kos.net (brontes.kos.net [199.246.2.199]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA27925 for ; Tue, 8 Sep 1998 15:34:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from anoury@kos.net) Received: (qmail 10041 invoked from network); 8 Sep 1998 22:33:29 -0000 Received: from localhost.kos.net (HELO localhost) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.kos.net with SMTP; 8 Sep 1998 22:33:29 -0000 Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 18:33:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Noury X-Sender: anoury@brontes To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: moving ftp directory 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 hi, i'm having a problem relocting the ftp root firectory on a machine. it's more or less stock release 2.2.7 with the original ftpd. i want to move the root dir. from /var/ftp to /usr/home/ftp, i've tried /stand/sysinstall, updated the password file entry for ftp, checked the permissions of the new directory etc. but when i try to log-in anonymously, the server responds: 550 Can't set guest privileges and refuses the login. any help you can give is much appreciated. .andrew -------------------------------------------- Technical Support - Kingston Online Services home page - http://www.rumour.com/andrew Never confuse lack of talent for genius -to- -------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message