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Re: AW: [cobalt-users] root ftp access?
- Subject: Re: AW: [cobalt-users] root ftp access?
- From: "H.P. Stroebel" <hpstr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu Jul 27 02:37:38 2000
- Organization: Rechtsanwalt
WebControl schrieb:
>
> > no good idea. the root password is transmitted in plain
> > text; it could be relatively easy be sniffed.
>
> Well, we know. Anyway we need it for some reason.
> Can someone advice how to do it?
there should be a file /etc/ftpusers, that contains users not allowed
to login. deleting root from that file should help (never tried it for
obvious reasons...)
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