[98860] in RedHat Linux List
Re: FTP Permissions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ed Lazor)
Tue Nov 10 20:37:53 1998
From: "Ed Lazor" <osmosis@navicom.net>
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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 17:24:48 -0800
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>On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, Ed Lazor wrote:
>
>> > I am establishing anonymous ftp on my server & i need to know what are
>> >the permissions i should give to my users .They need to both "get" &
"put"
>> >files.I want all the stuff they want to be put into "incoming" dir.
>> >And only read permissions for "pub" dir.
>>
>> I think all you have to do is make the incoming directory 777 rwxrwxrwx.
>
>Bad idea unless you're dead set on becoming a public warez repository.
>
>A better solution would be to add all of your users (assuming you know
>who they will be) to a new group named, say, "ftptrusted", and make
>the incoming directory's group "ftptrusted" and mode 775 (rwxrwxr-x).
>This will prevent anonymous FTP users (i.e. anybody in the world) from
>dumping stuff in the incoming directory. The people with write
>permissions will need to log in as themselves in order to upload
>files.
I agree, I wouldn't do it for the very reason you cited. From what was
written
though, I thought that they were wanting anonymous people to be able to
upload files.
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