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- From: eonu24@castle.ed.ac.uk (I Reid)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
- Subject: Re: Wattcp -> Silicon Graphics: (solution + questions)
- Message-ID: <29542@castle.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 14 Dec 92 16:47:55 GMT
- References: <29160@castle.ed.ac.uk> <Bywpn3.3Lx@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> <29256@castle.ed.ac.uk> <kev.724105170@sol>
- Organization: Edinburgh University
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- [In response to my original posting anfd followups]
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- kev@sol.acs.unt.edu (Kevin W. Mullet) writes:
-
- >>My other question (again Wattcp related) is why does ftp program insist on a
- >>password? We have a very small network with no need/desire for password
- >>security and it is irritating to start having to use a password on the Silicon
- >>Graphics just to allow ftp from the pc. Any ways round this or do I grab the
- >>source and code it out?
-
- > It could be that there is no way to disable the password on FTP access
- > to any account except *anonymous*. If that network isn't attached
- > to the Internet, and if you must have non-authenticated access for
- > all users for FTP, how about fixing the FTP daemon so it does a
- > chroot(2) to / instead of something else?
-
- Unfortunately not a practical option for us since the workstation doesn't have
- a compiler at the moment :-(
-
- > Even though there might be a way around it, I highly recommend that if
- > this site is attached to the Internet at all (and probably even if it
- > isn't) the downside of having to enter passwords to access the systems
- > is nothing compared to the downside of what could happen without
- > them. Caveat emptor!
-
- I would quite agree and, when the day comes to join the internet (or even a
- larger internal network) passwords will be used. In the meantime however it
- would be nice to have the pc end ftp agent not insist on a password unless the
- remote site asks for one. I haven't dug out the relevant rfc yet but I would
- hope there is some kind of feedback... perhaps an agreed "password string
- empty" message rather than a "no password required".
-
- Iain Reid
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