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- From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
- Newsgroups: comp.security.misc
- Subject: Re: Grabbing your pw file from anonymous FTP
- Date: 11 Nov 1992 00:19:38 GMT
- Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
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- In article <83347@ut-emx.uucp> ifbb657@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Douglas Floyd) writes:
- > What keeps any person who can anonymous ftp from going down your
- >etc directory and grabbing the passwd file? Does ftp log this? I
- >know that some Unix systems use a chroot system to lock anonymous
- >ftp users into a restricted section of the directory. Do all
- >ftp systems do this?
-
- Most Unix anonymous FTP servers use chroot() to limit the access of
- anonymous FTP. The /etc/passwd file it has access to is usually a minimal
- version.
-
- If you have a system that doesn't use chroot() for anonymous FTP, maybe it
- has shadow passwords.
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- Barry Margolin
- System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.
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