[cobalt-users] Re: Problems with Uploading webpages

[Johan-Kristian Wold <jkwold@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

In cobalt-users digest, Vol 1 #1085, Andrew Antonietti wrote:
> If you provide your clients with instructions, just include the startup
> directory for their ftp s/ware
> as ../../web/  for document  root  (if admin) and web for user directory..
> alternatively change the startup  directory in /etc/passwd for the user....
> : )

Be careful with where you're pointing /etc/passwd... If you're 
pointing /etc/passwd to the users public web directory, you're giving 
outside access to the users startup scripts (like .cshrc, .login and 
so on). While there are plenty of hacks available for getting into 
the Cobalt, one shouldn't make hacking attempts even easier.

Kind regards

Johan-Kr
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