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From: rmorel@morelr.com (Rick Morel)
Subject: Re: Anonymous FTP root... How do I change???
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Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 03:59:02 GMT
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I wrote:
>> Does anyone know how to change the root directory for anonymous FTP to
>> other than /var/ftp???? My problem is I have lots of files to put
>> there.
>> 
>> I changed the user "FTP" everywhere I could find it, to point to
>> /home/ftp, to no avail.

jsi@idiom.com (Michael Craft) wrote:
>Well, I'm planning to have the root directory for anonymous ftp be /
>
>Perhaps recompiling.
>

I found out. One has to run: /stand/sysinstall. Go to "config and
existing", then "network" and re-install anonymous FTP. There's a
screen that allows you to put in the anonymous ftp subdir!

Rick


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