Re: [cobalt-users] Qube 3 - Need Root FTP rights

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

sprezzatura@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Dana, this isn't very helpful -- I would like to know the answer,
> too. I am the ONLY user of my Qube3 (and it is not connected to the
> Internet): I don't need a lecture on security, only simple facts
> which are unavailable from the Qube manual....

Did you check the proftpd website?  No, eh?  Figured <smile>.

Here's what it says, at
"http://www.proftpd.net/docs/configuration.html#RootLogin":

> RootLogin
> 
> Syntax: RootLogin on|off
> Default: RootLogin off
> Context: server config, <VirtualHost>, <Anonymous>, <Global>
> Module: mod_auth
> Compatibility: 1.1.5 and later
> 
> Normally, proftpd disallows root logins under any circumstance.
> If a client attempts to login as root, using the correct
> password, a special security message is sent to syslog. When the
> RootLogin directive is turned On, the root user may
> authenticate just as any other user could (assuming no other
> access control measures deny access); however the root login
> security message is still sysloged. Obviously, extreme care
> should be taken when using this directive.

And no, I won't tell you where to put it.  If you really need to do
this, then you need to know a bit about how linux works... so RTFM
<smile>.

Jeff
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