Re: anonymous user

On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 01:55:25PM -0400, Mark Grieveson wrote:
> Hello, thanks for your reply.  I don't have the command ftpconfig.  I've
> looked for it in the Debian packages, but I've not been able to find it.
> I'm not sure how to create the "ftp" account in /etc/passwd.  Currently
> there are a lot of colons, numbers, and /bin/bash(or sync, or sh).  No
> ftp anywhere, though.  Can you give me some details as to how to
> manually add this?

I don't use Debian, but "man adduser" should help.  Or try entering
   Debian add user
on Google and see what that gets you.

The ftpd man page for your distribution may have instructions on setting up
an anonymous FTP server (most do).  Additionally, a quick Google search
turned up
   http://www.secinf.net/unix_security/How_to_Set_up_a_Secure_Anonymous_FTP_Site.html

which may help.  Also check out the WU-FTPD Resource Center at

   http://www.landfield.com/wu-ftpd/

for general help and advice.

(Although I didn't get any response when I tried it a minute ago, so I'm not
sure if it is up right now.  Kent ?)

Cheers, Bob

> 
> On Mon, 2005-25-07 at 22:26 -0700, Gopinath Rao wrote:
> > Hi Mark,
> > 
> > You need to create local account "ftp"  in /etc/passwd. Incase of
> > Solaris 9 you could run ftpconfig command. The script in in.ftpd man
> > page would be useful
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Gopi
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Grieveson
> > Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 10:22 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: anonymous user
> > 
> > I'm having problems setting up wu-ftpd. I cannot log in as an anonymous
> > user. When I look at the setup with webmin-wuftpd, I get the following
> > quote: 
> >         
> >         quote:
> >         ________________________________________________________________
> >         Warning - your system does not have an ftp user, and thus
> >         anonymous FTP is probably not configured.
> >         ________________________________________________________________
> > 
> > How do I fix this?  I use Debian Sarge.
> > 
> > 
> > 

-- 
Bob Luckin      [email protected]      "Coder, adapt; FTP Ada, redo C"