ftp setup question

[Ben Beeson]

Mike,

	Adding "ftp" to the /etc/ftpusers file fixed part of my problem. Thanks
a bunch for that tip!!!

	I still can't get a "banner", or "greeting text message" as listed in
the man page for the file "/etc/ftpaccess" to appear on the login screen
though.  I'm not looking for something complicated, just one of those "This
computer is for authorized users only" messages... 

	BTW, I think /etc/issue.net is for telnet and console logins, not ftp. 
My ftp login presently displays something like this:

$ ftp 127.0.0.1
Connected to 127.0.0.1.
220 a24b161n151client14.hawaii.rr.com FTP server (Version wu-2.6.1(1) Mon Jul 3 17:47:40 HST 2000) ready.
Name (127.0.0.1:$USER): 

What I want to get to is: "FTP server ready."  The man page says set "greeting
terse" in /etc/ftpaccess to do this, but no matter what I set the "greeting"
to, I get the above message.  Any tricks you or anyone else in the LUAU may
have to offer on how to make this work would be greatly appreciated.

	Also, I'd love to use SSH and all its tools from work, but that
involves convincing my employer to get me a M$ version that is approved for
gov't networks.  The new fiscal year is coming, so maybe I'll have better luck
shortly.  Until then, I still need ftp.  

Thanks again,

Ben Beeson

 

On Tue, 05 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> To disable anonymous ftp add the user 'ftp' to /etc/ftpusers
> 
> You might want to disable ftp alltogether and use scp which comes with ssh.
> 
> The file that displays the welcome screen is /etc/issue.net
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ben Beeson" <beesond001 at hawaii.rr.com>
> To: "Linux Users Anonymous" <luau at luau.hi.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 8:28 PM
> Subject: [luau] ftp setup question

> 
> 
> > Aloha all,
> >
> > I have a need to further secure my WU-FTP server. (This server runs on
> > a RH Linux box.) I would like to have the ftp server only allow access to
> > "real" accounts.  I do not wish to allow guest or anonymous access.  Until
> I
> > can get some more secure services running on my office box, I am unable to
> > use SSH.  Even so, I still need to have access to my home computer from my
> > office to move files back and forth between them.  What I have found in
> the
> > documentation is that there is some guidance on how to set up a "secure"
> > anonymous ftp server, but no readily apparent guidance on how to really
> limit
> > access to those that need it and deny it to all others.
> >
> > I also would like to know how to set up the server to display a home
> > brewed greeting when the machine connects instead of the default welcome
> > message that contains version specific info etc. The info on how to do
> this in
> > the documentation didn't work for me, the ftp server still displays the
> version
> > info when the ftp server greeting is set to terse.
> >
> > Mahalos in advance,
> >
> > Ben Beeson
> >
> >
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