Newbie FTP question

[Rodolfo J. Paiz]

At 02:02 PM 7/7/2004, Shadow wrote:
>...so now I am working on the FTP server.  I can't access it tho'.  The 
>error says that the directory can't be accessed....so I have been looking 
>around....what directory?  I never configured one!   So where do I find 
>where the FTP root is?  None of my books state that and I looked thru 
>files that I am a reasonable shade of blue and STILL can't figure it out.
>Can anyone help?

As root, issue this command:

# grep ftp /etc/passwd

You'll get one line of output which is the ftp user's entry in the password 
file. You will almost certainly see there the path "/var/ftp"; that is the 
FTP root directory.

You can change that if you wish by simply editing the file. Remember how 
much trouble you can get into by making a mistake in the password file, so 
BE CAREFUL! I personally make a /home/ftp directory on most systems that 
need it, since FTP is generally data and I usually just back up my config 
files and the /home partition. But you can put it wherever you like, really.

Cheers,


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Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz at simpaticus.com
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