Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 00:35:33 +0200 (CEST) From: "Daniel A. Akulenok" <alive@dienub.org> To: "Kyrre Nygard" <kyrreny@broadpark.no> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hiding dot files with ftpd Message-ID: <1840.83.92.78.110.1149374133.squirrel@mail.dienub.org> In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.2.20060603225657.020a0a98@broadpark.no> References: <7.0.1.0.2.20060603225657.020a0a98@broadpark.no>
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On Sat, June 3, 2006 22:57, Kyrre Nygard wrote: > > What's up all? > > Just wondering if it's possible to hide dot files somehow > with FreeBSD's default ftpd when I invoke it from inetd? > > ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/libexec/ftpd ftpd -l > ftp stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/libexec/ftpd ftpd -l > > Thanks, > Kyrre > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Hi Kyrre, Files prepended with dots in UNIX operating systems usually symoblize a file which is not shown to the user on a regular basis because the user will actually not _need_ to know of it's prescense in daily use. Therefore, it is entirely up to the FTP client of the user if files prepended with dots are shown or not.
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