cant create dirs from vsftpd

[Peter Magnusson]

On Mon, 3 Oct 2005, Lamont R. Peterson wrote:

>> Yes, you are. Im NOT talking about an anonymous ftp server. I login with my
>> user and I expect to have the same files available as when I login over
>> ssh or sits in front of the computer.
>
> Daniel has already replied and told you how to make the change you want.  I
> will just say that the setup you describe here is VERY VERY insecure.

Yes. Just like it worked in FC3.

> Remember, FTP is not encrypted, so your username and password are going over
> the wire in clear text.  Also, since the FTP daemon has access to the whole
> filesystem, anyone can get anything on your box (possibly even write any
> files they want, though that would depend on more configuration details than
> what you have told me about).

I know, if I am at some untrusted location I ftp to a temp-ftp account that 
I change the password for each time. Or use scp.

> FTP is the wrong tool for this.  You should use sftp (from SSH not SSL) or
> scp.

Problems with scp: cant tab dirs, cant use -R like in ncftp to upload whole 
dirs.

scp -r works but thats not always how I want it.