Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 18:03:07 -0700 From: Robin Schoonover <end@endif.cjb.net> To: <MPAREDES@telmex.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ftp with user root Message-ID: <20031028180307.2268ed10.end@endif.cjb.net> In-Reply-To: <E3F56D7842656F4484C5668BC4D7F298042B58@is~tmxmailhmo1.intranet.telmex.com> References: <E3F56D7842656F4484C5668BC4D7F298042B58@is~tmxmailhmo1.intranet.telmex.com>
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On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 17:58:47 -0700, <MPAREDES@telmex.com> wrote: > > Hi: > > I need to transmit some files to the BSD server, one of this files > is the /etc/bootptab, which belongs to root, so I need root access > > How can I enable ftpd to permit the user root? > You shouldn't. It's a -really- bad idea. You should probably upload it somewhere else, and then move it. But if you -must-, take root out of /etc/ftpusers If you do this, be sure to put root back in after you are done. -- Robin Schoonover (aka End) # # Paranoid schizophrenics outnumber their enemies at least two to one. #
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