Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Mon, 19 Feb 2001 22:26:35 +0100
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
Cc:        security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ftpd's read-only mode 
Message-ID:  <87016.982617995@critter>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "19 Feb 2001 21:27:29 %2B0100." <xzp7l2ml8pa.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> 

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
In message <xzp7l2ml8pa.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav writes:
>A while ago, Poul-Henning implemented a read-only option in ftpd that
>makes the server refuse any command that would write, remove or modify
>a file or directory. Currently, the server will send a 202 reply with
>the reason "Command ignored. Server is in readonly mode.", but I think
>that a "550 Permission denied" would be much more appropriate. Does
>anybody object to this change?

No, go ahead if you think that is better.

--
Poul-Henning Kamp       | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20
phk@FreeBSD.ORG         | TCP/IP since RFC 956
FreeBSD committer       | BSD since 4.3-tahoe    
Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.


To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?87016.982617995>