RE: [cobalt-users] Change FTP to have root access No Answer?

[Sales - Way to the Web <sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Howard,

> A couple of days on this list someone posted the directions 
> to change it so 
> that you can have full root access when you ftp.

I missed those, but a little investigation show that...

> Can you please post this and to reconfirm, if I just need 
> root access via 
> ftp for a short while, I can just uncomment what I changed 
> for it to go 
> back to they it was?

..."all" you need to do is to edit /etc/ftpusers and remove or # out root
from the file.

Of course, you know this is a VERY BAD idea. This means your root password
is flying across the internet in clear text. If you really must do this,
immediately change the file back *AND* change your admin/root password at
the same time.

Regards,
Jonathan Michaelson

Way to the Web Ltd
Commercial CGI Scripting, Web Hosting
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