Re: [cobalt-users] root ftp access?

["H.P. Stroebel" <hpstr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

WebControl schrieb:
> 
> Might be this is a stupid question but how
> can we allow the root user to login via ftp
> to a RaQ2? In Linux boxes we normaly delete
> root from the ftpusers file in /etc but this
> file is empty in a RaQ server. We need this
> to establish ftp connections over the second
> nic card (IP is in private address space -
> backend traffic) and there should be the
> limitation that root can login via ftp only
> from a specific ip. Any idea is welcome.

no good idea. the root password is transmitted in plain
text; it could be relatively easy be sniffed.

-- 

H. P.  Stroebel, Germany

CGI-FAQ for Raq-Newbies :
http://users.iol.it/hpstr/

Yes, I do. But not Yahoo.