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  • From: Lee Forrest <lforrestster AT gmail.com>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] Ping Ron Clarke FTP
  • Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:32:04 +0000

On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 12:06:41PM +1000, Ron Clarke wrote:
> Hi Lee,
>
> On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:33:52 +0000, Lee Forrest wrote:
>
> > Ron,
>
> > Regarding your pure-ftpd package.
>
> Actually, I have never claimed it as mine. I collected it from the
> DeliLinux distro before it turned into a Debian-based distro. I thought
> I made this clear on many occasions.

You brought it to us. That counts for a lot.

I was pretty sure you didn't write it in assembly :-/

> There IS a website for pure-ftp, you can Google for it or go directly
> to: http://www.pureftpd.org/

Thanks.

>
> Documentation is also there (for the latest, I have no doubt). :)
>
> > According to the docs, to set up anonymous FTP, you need a user account,
> > without a shell, named "ftp".
>
> I think that comes as a default in BL distros.

Not here, with BL3, but I may have removed it a long time ago. I always
remove stuff I don't need to keep things simple (or try to).

> > Does that account need a password?
>
> I don't think so.
>
> > Should it have one?
>
> I don't think so - that is what "anonymous" means.

I was more thinking about the account, rather than what ftpd does.
Probably an ignorant question on my part, like the next one.

> > Does it
> > need a getty running in order for people to access it?
>
> You have lost me. :)

getty/mgetty/agetty

"getty opens a tty port, prompts for a login name and invokes the /bin/login
command. It is normally
invoked by [3]init(8)."


http://www.annodex.net/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+getty

> > This isn't clear in the docs.
>
> Anonymous ftp means that anyone can log into it but can only access
> the /home/ftp directory and any subdirectories.
>
> Is this in one of the BL distros, or one you are building yourself ?

This is BL3. Thanks,

Lee

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