On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 08:36:53PM -0400, Paul Apprich wrote:
> I have a recent setup of NetBSD 1.4.2 i386 on machine 'A'. I am in the
> process of setting up another like machine 'B'. I tried to FTP the
> installer files from 'A' to 'B' and I get a 'user root not allowed to
> use FTP' response. I had tried the other default accounts that allow
> access and nothing seems to work.

/etc/ftpusers lists 'root	deny' in a standard NetBSD install.

That's an excellent default, since ftp passwords cross the network
in plaintext.

If your machines are on a private ethernet segment (at home?) and
you can be certain no one can sniff your traffic (Not even a 
compromised Windows box ;-) then you could change deny to 'allow'
temporarily. It would be even better to create a non-root user
for this though, or set up anonymous ftp for future use...

The man page for ftpd details setting up an anonymous ftp
service. Practice good security early and often :-)

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