Subject: Re: Anonymous FTP
To: coddie <coddie@box43.gnet.pl>
From: None <mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu>
List: port-pmax
Date: 11/20/1999 11:55:02
On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, coddie wrote:

> I did it this way (with only one difference: ftp's uid is 14 and gid is
> 50, I also added user anonymous, which configuration is similar).
> I also made all changes in ftpd.conf, described in ftpd manual.
> I just wantde to make myself sure, that I'm not making security hole.

hopefully others can comment on this.  I guess you should check to find
out if anonymous ftp users can upload stuff and if so, put the anonftp
directory on a different partition so they don't fill up, for example,
your root partition.

-Dan