RE: [cobalt-users] Allowing FTP Root access

["Carrie Bartkowiak" <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Any reasons why I cant login using WS_FTP and the username of root???

Thanks.
Clint"

Because that is a horrible security risk!
It is so easy to guess a password that if people could ftp to your machine
as root they could wipe out your entire machine through ftp.
Log in as admin. If you need to change root files, have a telnet window open
at the same time.
In telnet, su to root, change the permissions and ownership of the
folders/files you want to change via ftp. Change them as quickly as you can
through ftp, then go back over to your telnet window and chown and chmod
them back to root.

Yes, it's a PITA, but it's also more secure.
Carrie Bartkowiak