Re: setting up simple ftp in unix
From: willp007us (willp007us@yahoo.com)Date: 02/26/02
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From: willp007us <willp007us@yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 10:38:19 -0500
Your provider probably disabled anonymous ftp for security reasons. Most
of not all ftp servers have configuration files that allow you to specify
which directories will be used for anonymous ftp. It is not a simple
matter of creating a ftp hyperlink. Why don't you just use http as the
file transfer mechanism and bypass ftp altogether.
On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 10:13:08 -0500, Striker wrote:
> This may not be the place to ask this question, but I'm having trouble
> setting up anonymous ftp access. My provider allows a shell account and
> I've created a simple web page, but I cannot create an ANONYMOUS ftp. If
> the ftp client is set w/ my user and pass, I can ftp right into my
> account by using ftp://mydomain.com and it recognizes this and takes me
> right to my shell where I can trans files to and from.
>
> What I wanted to do was create a subfolder to hold some files that I
> could make available. So it appears that anonymous users would have to
> ftp
> to://mydomain.com/yada/yada/foldericreatedwithpermission.
>
> However it doesn't work. Am I using the wrong Chmod in Sunos 5.8 or is
> this not possible w/o permission from my provider? My question stems
> from
> the fact that most ftp's you see are domain.com etc w/o subdirectories.
> But
> shouldn't Unix allow you to create a folder way out in the tree that has
>
> full permission
> for ftp even if the folders up the tree in generation don't? My web
> folder is way out in the tree but is accessed via
> mydomain.com/~myaccount.
>
> Just generally can someone shed some light, or know of a URL (i've
> searched but just gen unix stuff to no avail) that explains this?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Strike
>
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