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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!not-for-mail 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 Organization: Computer Systems Engineering Department, RMIT Australia Lines: 10 Message-ID: <87ohbx8vyk.fsf@mirriwinni.cse.rmit.edu.au> References: <33411d6d.8770319@news.aisp.net> <5hs7hn$cp2@idiom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pm.cse.rmit.edu.au X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38291 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