From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Robert.Couture@p0.f2000.n229.z1.fidonet.org Subject: Re: vsftpd Date: 23 May 2003 10:52:54 GMT Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <66c108.b75e9b@tcob1.net> References: <76c0f2.b4bb18@tcob1.net> <5.2.1.1.0.20030521132415.01bbfec0@interzone.anexia.co.uk> Return-path: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: sean@tcob1.net The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to linux.newbies as well. 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 --- Msged/UNX 6.1.2 * Origin: RuneKeep: Linux Hub 2000 (1:229/2000) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs