Re: configuring ftpd for anonymous access
On Sun, 11 Jan 1998 bn711@freenet.carleton.ca wrote:
> What I get is - I can ftp to the box from itself or over the network
> and log in as anonymous. Then I can put files to the directory and
> they get transferred all right, and I can get files if I know their
> names... but, of course, as you may have guessed by now, I can't list
> the contents of the directories. It says that the connection has been
> opened successfully, but nothing comes out the other end.
I think you forgot some libraries that ls needs:
root@hobbes(p3):binary-i386# ls ~ftp/*
/home/ftp/welcome.msg
/home/ftp/bin:
gzip ls tar zip
/home/ftp/etc:
group passwd pathmsg
/home/ftp/lib:
ld-linux.so.1 libc.so.5 libc.so.5.4.23
/home/ftp/pub:
bhmit1 incoming
But, like Ben, I'm going to suggest something other than ftpd. However,
my suggestion is wu-ftpd. It's very popular for most ftp sites I have
seen (I must confess I have no experience with proftpd). It has many
features that you may be interested in: connection limits (so people don't
open 1,000 connections and bog your machine down), I think you can have
several anonymous users of different types, and automatic change of
permissions on incomming files so people don't use you as a warez server.
HTH,
Brandon
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