Fwd: root access via FTP

[JP Glutting <jpglutting@gmail.com>]

Forgot to send this to the whole list. I have three terminals open on
the Mac. One gets the right prompt, one gets a prompt for root, and
the other is logged in via ssh, so I haven't tested it yet.

Cheers,

JP


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: JP Glutting <jpglutting@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 21:58:59 +0100
Subject: Re: root access via FTP
To: Justin Pryzby <justinpryzby@users.sourceforge.net>


The ftp server is wu-ftpd. I am using the OS X ftp client.

i ran debsums, and noticed that my /etc/login.defs file does not match.

I have been seeing some odd things happening on my Mac, but I don't
see how this could be a client behavior.

My user name is jpg, and the prompt when I use ftp is Name (sargebox:root)

I just tried it again, and it game me the proper login. But I did try
it three times and got the wrong one. I could not be accidentally
logged in as "root" on the Mac, because I have root disabled.

Thanks,
JP


On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:07:37 -0500, Justin Pryzby
<justinpryzby@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> I just reread your subject.  You're "offered" a root ftp login?  What
> program?
>
> Justin
>
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 03:04:39PM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 08:59:34PM +0100, JP Glutting wrote:
> > > For some reason, when I log into Sarge, I am offered to login as root
> > > by default. Up until today, I was offered to login with my username. I
> > Offered?  I take it you are using {k,g,x}dm?
> >
> > > am surprised by this, since I though root logins were turned off by
> > > default.
> > >
> > > Has anyone else noticed this?
> > I hadn't, but someone was complaing that they couldn't log into root
> > from kdm, so I, too, am surprised.
>
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