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From: Robert.Couture@p0.f2000.n229.z1.fidonet.org
To: sean@tcob1.net
Subject: Re: vsftpd
Date: 23 May 2003 10:52:54 GMT	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <66c108.b75e9b@tcob1.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 5.2.1.1.0.20030521132415.01bbfec0@interzone.anexia.co.uk

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Hello Carl!

May 21 13:38 03, Carl wrote to Robert.Couture@p0.f2000.n229.z1.fid:

 C> I found this on the vsftpd website in the FAQ:


 C> Q) Help! I'm getting the error message "refusing to run with writable
 C> anonymous root".
 C> A) vsftpd is protecting against dangerous configurations. The cause of
 C> this message is usually dodgy ownership of the ftp home directory. The
 C> home directory should NOT be owned by the ftp user itself. Neither
 C> should it be writable by the ftp user. A way to fix this is: chown
 C> root ~ftp; chmod -w ~ftp

Thanks a million!

Regards,
Robert

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 * Origin: RuneKeep: Linux Hub 2000 (1:229/2000)



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  reply	other threads:[~2003-05-23 10:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-05-20 22:24 vsftpd Robert.Couture
2003-05-21 12:38 ` vsftpd Carl
2003-05-23 10:52   ` Robert.Couture [this message]
2003-05-21 15:20 ` vsftpd Ray Olszewski
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-05-22  8:06 vsftpd Sean Rima

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