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  From: Toby Corkindale <tjcorkin@sa.pracom.com.au>
  To  : Michael Selge <mselge@hansenyuncken.com.au>
  Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 09:55:18 +1030 (CST)

Re: Anon FTP problems

chgrp users incoming
chmod 2775 incoming

(replacing users and incoming with appropriate values)

tjc

On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Michael Selge wrote:

> Before I get flamed for wanting to set up an anonymous FTP server I should
> start by adding that it is only going to be used for LAN get togethers with
> Friends. It will not be publically available on the net for misuse.
>
> My Problem : I'm running RH7.2 and I have installed WU-FTP and anonymous
> ftp. Anonymous users can log in OK and they can access files that I have
> placed in there no problems. If they go to the incoming directory they can
> upload individual files to it but if they upload a folder with
> subdirectories, then only the directory name is copied and that new
> directory has the group as "root".
>
> Is this directory access problem due to an error in my /etc/ftpaccess  file
> ?
>
>
> My 2nd Problem : During testing my "FTP" server sits on a LAN behind a
> Smoothwall box using NAT. When I connect to it from a Windows PC it connects
> immediately. When I take my "FTP" server to a LAN and myself or my friends
> try to connect to it it takes about a minute to connect. There must be
> something that the Smoothwall box is doing ( DNS ? )
>
> I've tried adding an IP and an Hostname in /etc/hosts file but this doesn't
> seem to help.
>
>
> Regards
>
> Michael ( Learner plates ! )
>
>
>
>

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