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From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
Newsgroups: comp.archives.admin
Subject: Re: Need a spiffy FTP server for SunOS 4.1.1
Message-ID: <29491.Jun1800.59.0591@kramden.acf.nyu.edu>
Date: 18 Jun 91 00:59:05 GMT
References: <1991Jun6.074956.21710@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> <1991Jun10.224641.18857@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
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In article <1991Jun10.224641.18857@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Phil Howard KA9WGN) writes:
> 6) Allow authorized users (you can authorize all if you want) to create
>    their own ".anonftp" subdirectory, which the server will make appear
>    as part of the accesses from anonymous ftp, while protecting the
>    remainder of the user home.  Of course this would be admin optional.

It's a lot easier to make a ~ftp/users directory, owner ftp, mode 1577.
If you want authorization, make it mode 1555 and create subdirectories
for the people who ask. How could the software help here?

---Dan