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

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

Actually, I missed a bit:

> > 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.

You also need to add the following line to /etc/proftpd.conf

RootLogin on

Then restart inetd:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/inet restart

Regards,
Jonathan Michaelson

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