[NBLUG/talk] Re-Setting up inherited FTP server

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On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 14:38, Murdock, Matt wrote:
> Once again I get bitten by an inherited system that was not
> documented. 
> 
> *We have a RH 7.3 FTP server using wu-ftpd (and current patches). When
> originally setup, a FTP Super user was created, along with the
> anonymous ftp user. The /home was on a separate disk from the o.s.
> that died - dead.
> 
> *I can upload and download to the appropriate directory for anonymous.
> *When I try to transfer a file to the server as the superuser, I can
> transfer it to the pub/outgoing directory. Any directory under that
> (pub/outgoing/junk gets a permission denied on server message when a
> put is issued.
> 
> *There was a /home/ftp/<ftp_superuser> directory before with links in
> it (we think). I have read faqs till I am blue in the face. I would
> reload, but, it also acts as our external dhcp server and I want to
> solve one problem at a time.
> 
> * I have even tried a chmod 777 on the pub/outgoing/junk directory
> with no avail. /etc/ftpaccess was not changed. 
> Any ideas would be helpful. Thanks.

If you have the data, I suggest you just setup new ftp server software
entirely. If possible, don't use ftp, try sftp or https. wu-ftp is junk
and will only cause you pain.

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