Re: [cobalt-users] How to change anonymous FTP to allow downloads??

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brock Gunter-Smith wrote:

> I know this should be basic, but while I'm at home on Solaris, setting the
> permissions on the RaQ4r is baffling me.

What ftp daemon is your Solaris system running?  ProFTPd, as I recall,
operates with it's own protection scheme, completely independent of
directory permissions.

> On one of my virtual hosts, I have anonymous FTP enabled through the admin
> interface. So it creates the "incoming" FTP directory that anonymous FTP
> users are brought to. The only problem is that this only acts as a drop
> box...people can upload but not download. Even if I change permissions on
> the folder itself to 777, which *should* be world read/write/execute,
> anonymous FTP users still can't download from that directory. I've tried
> creating new sub directories and giving world read/write permissions but
> still, when FTP'ing in anonymously it will only act as a drop box.

The incoming directory is designed for uploads only, and ProFTPd
security seems to prevent you from changing that.

There might be a configuration directive available that'd change it; I
don't know, though.

> Help...I couldn't find anything in the knowledge base, the manual, the list
> or in my Linux books about how to deal specifically with the privileges of
> anonymous FTP users.

I'd check the ProFTPd website.

Jeff
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