Re: Where does pure-ftpd store files when anonymous logs in?
On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 18:58:03 +0200
hw <hw@adminart.net> wrote:
> When running it on Debian, filezilla shows a password request for
> anonymous logins, and the login fails. This is not what the man page
> says. The ftp user doesn't have a password anyway. Apparently,
> Debians pure-ftpd version doesn't understand that it must not ask for
> a password for anonymous logins for unknown reasons.
I seem to recall that the anonymous was exactly that, anonymous. I.e.
the server would let anyone log in. But that didn't mean no login,
like a web page. It meant you logged in with the user name "anonymous"
and any password you liked.
Since the Internet was much smaller, more friendly, and more courteous,
FTP site operators liked to know who there users were. So it became the
custom to use your email address as your password, thus identifying
yourself to your kindly hosts.
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