Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 08:31:59 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org, Ceri Davies <ceri@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: conf/21994: Config of Anonftp (at install) always creates 'incoming' Message-ID: <200512300832.00384.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200512292320.jBTNKBHK038749@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200512292320.jBTNKBHK038749@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Thursday 29 December 2005 06:20 pm, Ceri Davies wrote: > The following reply was made to PR conf/21994; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> > To: gad@eclipse.acs.rpi.edu > Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: conf/21994: Config of Anonftp (at install) always creates > 'incoming' Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 23:19:44 +0000 > > On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 04:35:45PM -0400, Garance A Drosehn wrote: > > During the installation process, one has the option of enabling > > anonymous FTP. I do want anonymous FTP, but I never want to > > create an 'incoming' (world writable) directory. In the screen > > for "Anonymous FTP configuration", there is a field called > > "Upload subdirectory" which defaults to "incoming". I delete > > the word "incoming", leaving a null field. This seems like a > > logical way to say that I don't want ANY upload directory. > > However, the install process still creates ~ftp/incoming, and > > makes it world-writable. > > This is still a problem, despite the help text on this screen > suggesting that leaving the field blank is ok.\ > > Where do you suggest that the FTP user's home directory is set to > instead? /var/empty perhaps? You don't need to change that directory. That home directory still needs t= o=20 exist and is where anon ftp files go. It just needs to not create the=20 world-writable incoming directory if that field is blank. =2D-=20 John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> =A0<>< =A0http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" =A0=3D =A0http://www.FreeBSD.org
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