Anonymous FTP FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions about anonymous FTP.
This FAQ about anonymous FTP was compiled and written by Christopher Klaus cklaus@iss.net with numerous contributions by others.
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by Christopher Klaus of Internet Security Systems, Inc.
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1. General Description of Setting up an "anonymous" ftp server.- 1. Create the user ftp in /etc/passwd. Use a misc group. The user's home directory will be ~ftp where ~ftp is the root you wish anonymous users to see. Creating this user turns on anonymous ftp.<...
- 2. Setting up a chrooted Secure Anonymous ftp server.
- This part was contributed by Marcus J Ranum
- 3. OS Specific needed information and suggestions. (Anonymous FTP)
- These machines may need dev/tcp:...
- 4. Where to get other FTP daemons
- * Wuarchive FTP 2.4- A secure FTP daemon that allows improved access-control, logging, pre-login banners, and is very configurable:...
- 5. How to Know if your Anonymous FTP Server is Secure
- This section is intended for the administrator to go down a small check list of things to make sure his server is not easily compromised....
- 6. Archie
- Searches FTP sites for programs. Login into these sites as archie or use client software for faster access. To get your own anonymous site added to Archie's search list, e-mail archie-updates@...
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