From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 16 17:32:44 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37B3016A4D0 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2003 17:32:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from swin.edu.au (c3p0.cc.swin.edu.au [136.186.1.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09A4343D49 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 2003 17:32:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au) Received: from pvdbergen.caia.swin.edu.au (pvdbergen.caia.swin.edu.au [136.186.229.26]) by swin.edu.au (8.9.3p2-20030918/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA952251; Wed, 17 Dec 2003 12:31:45 +1100 (EST) From: paul van den bergen To: Matthew Seaman , fbsd_user Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 12:31:45 +1100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <20031216220926.GA24712@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20031216220926.GA24712@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200312171231.45737.pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au> cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" Subject: Re: Anonymous FTP X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 01:32:44 -0000 see also http://www.freebsddiary.org/ftp-anonymous.php On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 09:09 am, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 04:57:28PM -0500, fbsd_user wrote: > > I see /var/ftp and sub-directories beneath it, with an copy of > > passwd, group and ls and date commands. > > What is going here? How does inted.conf ftp statement knows to use > > that area on /var ? > > Where can I find written description on how sysinstall set up > > anonymous FTP? > > This is described in the ftpd(8) man page. The anonymous FTP > behaviour requires that there be a "ftp" UID in the password file and > is triggered by the remote user logging in as "anonymous" or "ftp". > > Cheers, > > Matthew -- Dr Paul van den Bergen Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures caia.swin.edu.au pvandenbergen@swin.edu.au IM:bulwynkl2002 "And some run up hill and down dale, knapping the chucky stones to pieces wi' hammers, like so many road makers run daft. They say it is to see how the world was made." Sir Walter Scott, St. Ronan's Well 1824