Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 23:20:11 GMT From: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/21994: Config of Anonftp (at install) always creates 'incoming' Message-ID: <200512292320.jBTNKBHK038749@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/21994; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> To: gad@eclipse.acs.rpi.edu Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: conf/21994: Config of Anonftp (at install) always creates 'incoming' Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 23:19:44 +0000 On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 04:35:45PM -0400, Garance A Drosehn wrote: > During the installation process, one has the option of enabling > anonymous FTP. I do want anonymous FTP, but I never want to > create an 'incoming' (world writable) directory. In the screen > for "Anonymous FTP configuration", there is a field called > "Upload subdirectory" which defaults to "incoming". I delete > the word "incoming", leaving a null field. This seems like a > logical way to say that I don't want ANY upload directory. > However, the install process still creates ~ftp/incoming, and > makes it world-writable. This is still a problem, despite the help text on this screen suggesting that leaving the field blank is ok.\ Where do you suggest that the FTP user's home directory is set to instead? /var/empty perhaps? Ceri
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