[aclug-L] Re: Motorola Calls on Linux for Smart Phone

[Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

yes, chown as appropriate, also chmod to the desired permissions
But as Michael said, be careful about public access.

RH8 has 2 different FTP daemons,  wu-ftp    and   vsftp  that you can 
choose from.


Christopher Brown wrote:

>OH!!!ohohohohooooh.
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>I think I see.... I think this is correct:
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>chown on the directory...to a limited group that has access.
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>yes?
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>cwjb
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 05:03:17 -0600
>To: discussion@xxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [aclug-L] Re: Motorola Calls on Linux for Smart Phone
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>>The anonymous FTP has restrictions for security reasons.
>>
>>In order to do a put as anonymous you MUST have a directory 
>>(/var/ftp/pub/incoming) with world write permission
>>in order to do a get as anonymous you MUST have a directory with world 
>>read permission. (/var/ftp/pub is the default for this)
>>
>>Most sites will have an incoming directory that is world write if they 
>>want to allow incoming files but they usually do not allow world users 
>>to list or read the contents.
>>That has at least a little bit of security in that it cannot be used as 
>>a relay point between users unless the second user who is trying to 
>>retreive the file knows the exact filename.
>>The configuration setting for the ftp daemon determines whether the 
>>files can even be retrieved at all by anonymous ftp once a put is completed
>>
>>The world readable directory then has only the contents that the site 
>>manager has decided are to be made public and no one can 'put' files in 
>>that directory unless explicitly authorized by the permissions granted.
>>
>>It sounds as if you have the default permissions for the /var/ftp/pub 
>>directory which is world readable, but only can be written to by root.
>>          drwxr-sr-x    2 root     ftp          4096 Jun 23  2002 
>>/var/ftp/pub
>>AND, the RH8 default server config is set to lock any user who logs in 
>>under their own account to only their own directory tree from their home 
>>directory downward.  Thus logging in as "user" does not give the user 
>>access to the entire server as it has in previous releases.
>>
>>Thus, if you want to allow anonymous users to 'put' files to your server 
>>you would need to create a subdirectory under /var/ftp/pub that has 
>>world write permissions (often "/var/ftp/pub/incoming").  To separate 
>>the files being served as outgoing use different subdirectories under 
>>/var/ftp/pub for each category..... each with world read permissions.
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>>Christopher Brown wrote:
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>>>I will dig further...
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: Steven Saner <ssaner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 17:21:11 -0600
>>>To: discussion@xxxxxxxxx
>>>Subject: [aclug-L] Re: Motorola Calls on Linux for Smart Phone
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>>>>I'm afraid that I am not familiar with that ftp server, so I can't
>>>>give you any configuration advice. I would say the you might have a
>>>>permissions problem. Also look for any server logs to give you an idea
>>>>of what is going wrong. Generally when an operation fails a log
>>>>entry is made.
>>>>
>>>>Steve
>>>>
>>>>On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 03:39:47PM -0600, Christopher Brown wrote:
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>>>>>Steve, that may very well be...I'm using the default anonftp that comes 
>>>>>with RH8...I'm anonymously ftping in...to the incoming directory.
>>>>>
>>>>>Here's the weird thing though...as root, I copied the files to the 
>>>>>/var/ftp/pub directory thinking that was the same situation...but I'm 
>>>>>stumped because it didn't work.
>>>>>
>>>>>Chris
>>>>>
>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>From: Steven Saner <ssaner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 09:39:43 -0600
>>>>>To: discussion@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>Subject: [aclug-L] Re: Motorola Calls on Linux for Smart Phone
>>>>>
>>>>>     
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>>>>>          
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>>>>>>Do you know what ftp server program you are using? I don't know what
>>>>>>comes standard with RH8.0.  wu-ftpd? proftpd? other?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>In general though, anonymous ftp is often set up so that there is an
>>>>>>"incoming" directory and an "outgoing" directory. You can anonymously
>>>>>>upload to the incoming directory, but can not download from
>>>>>>it. Conversely, you can anonymously download from the outgoing
>>>>>>directory, but not upload to it. This is done for security
>>>>>>reasons. Perhaps that is what you are running in to.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Steve
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 08:34:03AM -0600, Christopher Brown wrote:
>>>>>>       
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Okay, I don'n normally ask, ...nor contribute, as to lack of 
>>>>>>>experience...I need a hand please.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I've got RH8.0 on a laptop..that's not the issue it's running okay so 
>>>>>>>far.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The issue is this... I'm using the anonFTP on the system to host a few 
>>>>>>>files for backup on a peer-to-peer (lan is just for printing, nobody's 
>>>>>>>really sharing anything...I won't allow it). I can log in anonymously 
>>>>>>>with no problem, put with no problem...get, well now there's the problem.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I've review my group and user settings..I just don't know why I can't 
>>>>>>>copy anything down.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Any suggestions? (suiting up for a barrage)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Chris Brown
>>>>>>>         
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
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