Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 13:05:44 -0700 From: bmah@freebsd.org (Bruce A. Mah) To: Chris Faulhaber <jedgar@fxp.org> Cc: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@freebsd.org>, Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RC2 wrongness in INSTALL.TXT Message-ID: <200104022005.f32K5iL20120@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> In-Reply-To: <20010402152605.B94099@peitho.fxp.org> References: <nik@FreeBSD.ORG> <200104011920.f31JKMf81076@narf.osd.bsdi.com> <20010402092618.A2841@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> <200104021922.f32JM6d19576@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> <20010402152605.B94099@peitho.fxp.org>
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--==_Exmh_-143138176P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, Chris Faulhaber wrote: > On Mon, Apr 02, 2001 at 12:22:06PM -0700, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > > --- 142,153 ---- > > =20 > > ftp:*:99:99::0:0:FTP:/cdrom:/sbin/nologin > > =20 > > ! Warning: This may allow anyone on the local network (or Internet) to > > ! make "anonymous FTP" connections to this machine, which may not be= > =20 > > ! desirable. > > You might also want to mention the world-writable 'incoming' directory > that also gets set up . Ummm...what? In the context of these instructions, ~ftp is a (presumed write-only) CDROM drive, not on the machine where you're trying to install FreeBSD, but on another machine somewhere else on the network. Is it possible you have this confused with the anonymous FTP service that can be established via sysinstall? Bruce. --==_Exmh_-143138176P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 iD8DBQE6yNuY2MoxcVugUsMRAsBIAJwNgSpsJUx4OYn19izTirPBW0tqyACfScXB hG8DkzCFLWmcvFQEW6Ib6Vg= =jSlN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_-143138176P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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