RE: [cobalt-users] anonymous ftp setup

[Rodolfo Paiz <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> "Derrick" <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 10.03.01 18:52:09:
> >
> > Can someone tell me how to setup anonymous ftp and also is
> > this a good Ideal to let users have this access?
>
> BUT - Do you really want to do it ?  If you have your RaQ at a CoLo
> they might have some limitations to the things you store there like
> mp3s. If someone puts that stuff there or some cracks or anything
> like that you might get into trouble.
>
> Not only that. Opening up the server for someone to store things
> there ...  It's your machine ;-)

Thomas, you're assuming that Derrick will allow users to post files.
This may not be true; for example, I run an anonymous FTP server where
anyone (with a clue) can download the PDF files that make up our product
brochures. Anyone can get them by anon-ftp; however, there is no
incoming directory and only root has write access to those directories
and files.

In such a configuration, anon-ftp is fine... right? Or is there
something I don't know here?

--
Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>