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From: arc@kaibab.wpd.sgi.com (Andrew Cherenson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: SUMMARY: Anonymous FTP permissions...
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Date: 29 Jan 91 01:17:29 GMT
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In article <9101281723.aa19576@VMB.BRL.MIL> Claude.P.Cantin@nrc.CA writes:
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>The permissions I had set on the $HOME/etc directory were 444 (that was
>following directions from the manual).  The man pages are WRONG!!!

The ftpd(1M) man page is correct.  It says:
	"Make this directory owned by the super-user and unwritable 
	by anyone.  The files passwd(4) and group(4) must be present [...] 
	These files should be mode 444."
The first sentence implies mode 555.

The example on page 8-21 in the Network Communications Guide also
uses mode 555.