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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: anonymous ftp? Followup-To: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc Date: 5 Jul 1996 13:59:13 -0500 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4rjom1$h2@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <87hgrppck6.fsf@green.eggtech.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.admin:44537 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:22981 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:4258 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1219 Mike Eggleston (mikee@eggtech.com) wrote: : I want to create an anonymous ftp site where I work and have a few : questions. Inside the /pub directory I want to have a /private that : only local users can use. That seems ease with a permissions of 770. : I also want to have a directory for customers to get fixes from us : directly. I tried making this directory 774 and to get the ftp daemon : to read files from that directory if the full filename was given, but : I'm getting permissions errors. The directory is not owned by ftp. : Any ideas? I don't see why it doesn't work. Which OS are you using, and which ftpd? It looks like it should work on FreeBSD anyway. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....