Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 16:08:24 -0400 From: Chris Faulhaber <jedgar@fxp.org> To: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@freebsd.org> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RC2 wrongness in INSTALL.TXT Message-ID: <20010402160824.A11308@peitho.fxp.org> In-Reply-To: <200104022005.f32K5iL20120@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com>; from bmah@freebsd.org on Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 01:05:44PM -0700 References: <nik@FreeBSD.ORG> <200104011920.f31JKMf81076@narf.osd.bsdi.com> <20010402092618.A2841@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> <200104021922.f32JM6d19576@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> <20010402152605.B94099@peitho.fxp.org> <200104022005.f32K5iL20120@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 01:05:44PM -0700, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > If memory serves me right, Chris Faulhaber wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 12:22:06PM -0700, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > > > --- 142,153 ---- > > > =20 > > > ftp:*:99:99::0:0:FTP:/cdrom:/sbin/nologin > > > =20 > > > ! Warning: This may allow anyone on the local network (or Internet) to > > > ! make "anonymous FTP" connections to this machine, which may not be= > > =20 > > > ! desirable. > > > > You might also want to mention the world-writable 'incoming' directory > > that also gets set up . > > Ummm...what? > > In the context of these instructions, ~ftp is a (presumed write-only) > CDROM drive, not on the machine where you're trying to install FreeBSD, > but on another machine somewhere else on the network. Is it possible > you have this confused with the anonymous FTP service that can be > established via sysinstall? > Oops, guess I should have looked at the context a bit longer :) -- Chris D. Faulhaber - jedgar@fxp.org - jedgar@FreeBSD.org -------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD: The Power To Serve - http://www.FreeBSD.org [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: FreeBSD: The Power To Serve iEYEARECAAYFAjrI3DgACgkQObaG4P6BelC3RgCfYuXDiyNiv/GTT9yhBlf0C4KZ Q4AAoIbcVVxjrN9Pico8E8YM68MHoIGN =+YAC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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