Re: [cobalt-users] .forward & Other Proftpd issues

[Jerry Pape <jpape@xxxxxxxx>]

All,

Unless I miss my guess both these gents are missing an important point.

Any Cobalt hardware that runs ProFTPd is not pre-configured to
show "." files. You must change /etc/proftpd.conf by adding the
following directive as either a <global> or on a per virtual basis:

        LsDefaultOptions "-a"



And while you are at it, these other mods can be most helpful:

<VirtualHost xx.xx.xx.xx (your ip here) >
	# Don't make it easy to hammer away
        MaxLoginAttempts        3
        # Security by obscurity -- reveal no server software type or version
        ServerName                      "FTP"
        ServerIdent                     on "FTP Server ready."
        DeferWelcome                    on
        # Set default directory to /home/sites/somedomain/web
	# as opposed to the user's personal directory.
	# Not everyone will want this
	DefaultRoot             / admin
        DefaultRoot             ~/../../web site-adm
        DefaultRoot             ~/../../web !site-adm
	# Allow overwriting of existing files
        AllowOverwrite          on
	# Show "." files
        LsDefaultOptions "-a"
</VirtualHost>


>  >>>>
> Normally I would recommend you do it via your FTP client, but I can't seem
> to find an FTP client that display's hidden files that begin with a '.' so
> you can do a FTP -based CHMOD on the file.
> <<<<
>
> Try WS_FTP95LE and change the session settings to allow hidden files :-)
>
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