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From: jsi@idiom.com (Michael Craft)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Anonymous FTP root... How do I change???
Date: 1 Apr 1997 15:59:51 -0800
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> 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.

Well, I'm planning to have the root directory for anonymous ftp be /

Perhaps recompiling.