Help with Anonymous FTP
Rob Miracle
rwmira01 at ulkyvx.bitnet
Fri Feb 22 08:15:34 AEST 1991
Good Day! I know this question has been asked here before, but since I have
just started recently reading these groups I thought I would ask.
I am trying to set up an anonymous FTP account on my AT&T box. We are running
System V R 3.2.2 from AT&T and the AT&T ENHANCED TCP/IP WIN/386 package
(Wollongong). In the Installation and Administration Guide it says:
"If the username is "anonymous" or "ftp" and an "anonymous" account is present
if /etc/passwd, the user is allowed to log in by specifying any password. Since
anyone can log in under "anonymous," it is wise to restrict the access
privileges of this account."
Problem #1, AT&T SVR3.2.2 only allows 8 character file names, thus "anonymous"
can not be created. By hand editing /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow, I added the
account as: anonymous:x:1000:100:FTP Anonymous Account:
and put the proper enter in /etc/shadow. Now I can FTP to a real account and
it works find (had to get that one out). When I try to login, it barfs saying
that it can't login to anonymous. I try various tricks, such as logging in as
ftp and anonymou but to no avail. I try the next logical thing. I remove the
anonymous account and add an account called ftp. Now I can log in, but any
access other than CD barfs with a message:
PORT 136,165,2,12,8,17
200 PORT command okay
NLST
425 Data Socket not created [0.0.0.0,0]
(This is from a VMS host), and from an unix host:
200 PORT command okay
425 Data Socket not created [0.0.0.0,0]
Now I can log in as a real person and it works. CD commands seem to work fine,
but I can't test them beyond not getting an error message. I tried it with and
without a password of the ftp account.
Problem #2 It seems that the CD command can get anywhere on the system. How
do I restrict it to just the tree that I want it in?
Thanks in Advance
Rob
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