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- From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards
- Subject: Re: ftp help
- Message-ID: <15bq6uINNhpb@early-bird.think.com>
- Date: 31 Jul 92 16:36:46 GMT
- References: <728@dowjone.UUCP>
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- Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
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- In article <728@dowjone.UUCP> newsview@dowjone.UUCP (news source) writes:
- >The ftpusers file can prevent selected individuals from ftping to
- >your Sun Workstation. Is there anyway to modify this file
- >to prevent everyone from doing the same? Would geatly appreciate your
- >response.
-
- If you don't want anyone to be able to FTP to your machine, remove the ftp
- line from /etc/inetd.conf.
-
- I don't know offhand of a way to list just specific users that *can* FTP to
- your machine. In general, anyone who can login normally is allowed to FTP.
- If you disallow FTP, they can just login and go the other way, so what's
- the point of being so selective?
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- Barry Margolin
- System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.
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