RE: [2] [cobalt-users] anonymous ftp setup

[Rodolfo Paiz <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Download for sure is absolutely OK. But it has become a rare thing
> since normally you would offer the download via http since it is much
> easier for the clueless to use.

Sigh... since we're on the subject, my anonftp seems to be broken this
morning. :( No complaints from anyone yet, but I just tried to login and
what we said to each other was...

220 abc.com FTP server (Version wu-2.6.1(1) Wed Aug 9 05:54:50 EDT 2000)
ready.
Name (localhost:rpaiz): anonymous
331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
Password: ********
530 Can't set guest privileges.
Login failed.

What might have possibly happened? (Note: this server is about two weeks
old, and I can't guarantee that it *ever* worked since I set it up.
Maybe I did something wrong then.)

My /var/ftp/etc/group file:

root::0:
bin::1:
daemon::2:
sys::3:
adm::4:
ftp::50: (damned automatic hyperlinking...)

My /var/ftp/etc/passwd file:

root:*:0:0:::
bin:*:1:1:::
operator:*:11:0:::
ftp:*:14:50:::
nobody:*:99:99:::

There is no "anonymous" user in my passwd file, but there is an ftp user
(userid 14, group 50). The /etc/shadow file shows a "*" for ftp's
password, which generally means a disabled account.

Ideas?

I would happily RTFM, but THERE IS NO FM! The anonftp RPM includes
*zero* documentation. Nada. Zip. Zilch. *Plonk*

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