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From: steveg@umd5.umd.edu (Steve Green)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: Is Apple not recommending anonymous ftp for A/UX?
Keywords: Apple, A/UX 1.1, Macintosh.
Message-ID: <5965@umd5.umd.edu>
Date: 18 Jan 90 20:03:44 GMT
References: <1083@gort.cs.utexas.edu>
Reply-To: steveg@umd5.umd.edu (Steve Green)
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
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In article <1083@gort.cs.utexas.edu> jason@cs.utexas.edu (Jason Levitt) writes:
>
>I can't find anywhere in the A/UX 1.1 manuals where 
>setting up anonymous ftp is described. This is no big
>deal -- I can still set it up, but since it doesn't seem
>to be mentioned anywhere, it gives me the impression that
>Apple doesn't want people doing it, perhaps because it is
>such a potential security hole. But then, I can ftp to apple.com....
>Or maybe it's just an omission. Any thoughts?

From ftpd(1M)
	  4)    If the user name is ``anonymous'' or ``ftp'', an
		anonymous ftp account must be present in the password
		file (user ``ftp'').  In this case the user is allowed
		to log in by specifying any password (by convention
		this is given as the client host's name).

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