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- DOCUMENT:Q101922 28-SEP-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :FTP Clients Can Access the Root Directory Without NTFS
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
-
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system, version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server, version 3.1
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-
- SYMPTOMS
- ========
-
- File Transfer Protocol (FTP) clients are able to access the root
- directory of a Windows NT FTP server even though the default directory
- for FTP server is not the root directory.
-
- CAUSE
- =====
-
- The path to parent directories, "CD ..", is not disabled by FTP
- server.
-
- Specifying a default directory in FTP server only states which
- directory FTP clients will default to when logged in, but does not
- disable the path to parent directories.
-
- RESOLUTION
- ==========
-
- NTFS, which can provide user level security, should be used to assign
- directory rights for accounts that will use the Windows NT FTP Server.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10
- KBCategory:
- KBSubcategory: tpip
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