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From: Phillip Musumeci <phillip@mirriwinni.cse.rmit.edu.au>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Anonymous FTP root... How do I change???
Date: 02 Apr 1997 22:12:35 +1000
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jsi@idiom.com (Michael Craft) writes:

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

This may not be such a good idea as remote users will have *some* access to
your /etc/files.  Important files won't be readable by Mr ftp but it still
probably isn't a good idea.

phillip