From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 28 17:03:05 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 4E43E16A4CE for ; Tue, 28 Oct 2003 17:03:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from endif.cjb.net (67-40-62-202.dnvr.qwest.net [67.40.62.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 182B943FE9 for ; Tue, 28 Oct 2003 17:03:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from end@endif.cjb.net) Received: (qmail 15672 invoked from network); 29 Oct 2003 01:03:08 -0000 Received: from localhost (end@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 29 Oct 2003 01:03:08 -0000 Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 18:03:07 -0700 From: Robin Schoonover To: Message-Id: <20031028180307.2268ed10.end@endif.cjb.net> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.6claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ftp with user root 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, 29 Oct 2003 01:03:05 -0000 On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 17:58:47 -0700, 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. #