Subject: RE: Anonymous FTP permissions
To: 'netbsd-help' <netbsd-help@NetBSD.ORG>
From: John Maier <JohnAM@datastorm.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 01/04/1996 17:48:00
Go to wuarchive.wustl.edu

In the uploads area, you can upload a file, download it, etc. but you   
cannot delete it or over write it.

I have seen this on other sites also.  Maybe they are just hacking the   
source.
jam
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From:  owner-netbsd-help[SMTP:owner-netbsd-help@NetBSD.ORG]
Sent:  Thursday, January 04, 1996 1:57 PM
To:  JohnAM
Cc:  netbsd-help
Subject:  Re: Anonymous FTP permissions


>From: John Maier <JohnAM@datastorm.com>
>Date: Thu, 04 Jan 96 09:30:00 PST

>I would like to set a directory up so that users can upload to it, see   
    

>the files, download files, but not be able to delete any files.

There's no fool-proof way to do this under UN*X.  Even if we had
separate write and delete permissions, you can always effectively
delete a file by writing an 0-length file on top of it.

Of course, you *do* have the source for ftpd.  Have fun. :-)
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