Anonymous FTP

[The DJ]

Does anyone happen to have a running ftp server for anonymous users? I'm trying to set up one, but have a few problems.

I now have an anonymous user for ftp. And a bin, etc and pub dir with all the correct permissions (i think), but i cannot get "ls" working. I have ls in ~ftp/bin. And this is what i get:

230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
Remote system type is BSD.
ftp> ls
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for '/bin/ls'.
226 Transfer complete.
ftp>

Is there anything else i have to do? Do i need to put something in ~ftp/etc? I can cd into directories, but only if i know their names.

And how do i use /etc/ftpchroot i think it can be usefull for me in some situations

thx for the help

[Edited by The DJ on 10-31-2000 at 06:03 PM]

[The DJ]

Oke, i got this tip from Russel Gould and it works.

here's how (it took me a while to figure this out, so enjoy )

1) All of step one is done using Terminal, which is located in /Applications/Utilities

note: replace all "user" with your user name or root
(it's more convenient with your user name because you can easily drop things into /Users/ftp/pub)

a) First create a directory in /Users that looks like this:

drwxr-xr-x 9 user ftp 262 Nov 1 15:32 ftp

b) Then in /Users/ftp create the following directories:

bin
usr/lib
System/Library/Frameworks/System.framework/Versions/B
pub
incoming

c) Copy the following files to their respective corresponding directories in the ftp directory:

/bin/ls
/usr/lib/dyld
/System/Library/Frameworks/System.framework/Versions/B/System



d) Then, in /Users/ftp: make sure the file permissions look like this:

total 0
dr-xr-xr-x 3 user ftp 58 Oct 4 15:29 System
dr-xr-xr-x 3 user ftp 58 Oct 4 15:30 bin
drwx-wx-wx 10 user ftp 296 Oct 30 02:06 incoming
drwxr-xr-x 6 user ftp 160 Nov 1 01:01 pub
dr-xr-xr-x 3 user ftp 58 Oct 4 15:29 usr

./System:
total 0
dr-xr-xr-x 3 user ftp 58 Oct 4 15:29 Library

./System/Library:
total 0
dr-xr-xr-x 3 user ftp 58 Oct 4 15:29 Frameworks

./System/Library/Frameworks:
total 0
dr-xr-xr-x 3 user ftp 58 Oct 4 15:29 System.framework

./System/Library/Frameworks/System.framework:
total 0
dr-xr-xr-x 3 user ftp 58 Oct 4 15:29 Versions

./System/Library/Frameworks/System.framework/Versions:
total 0
dr-xr-xr-x 3 user ftp 58 Oct 4 15:30 B

./System/Library/Frameworks/System.framework/Versions/B:
total 2408
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root ftp 1231624 Oct 4 15:30 System

./bin:
total 56
-r-xr-xr-x 1 user ftp 26920 Oct 4 15:30 ls

./usr:
total 0
dr-xr-xr-x 3 user ftp 58 Oct 4 15:30 lib

./usr/lib:
total 616
-r-xr-xr-x 1 user ftp 312384 Oct 4 15:30 dyld

note: if you don't know how to change permissions, read the man pages of
chown (type - man chown) for changing file/directory ownership
chgrp (type - man chgrp) for changing file/directory group ownership
chmod (type - man chmod) for changing file directory user/group/other permissions

2) you have to manually create an ftp user using NetInfoManager which is located in /Applications/Utilities

here's how:
open NetInfoManager
under /users create a new directory and label it ftp
then put in the following properties and values:
property | value
-----------------------------------
uid | 21
expire | 0
name | ftp
passwd | *
home | /Users/ftp
change | 0
shell | /dev/null
gid | -21

for passwd, make sure you put an asterix (*) and do not leave it empty, as this will allow the ftp user to login at the login screen of Aqua!
make sure also the shell is /dev/null, or the ftp user will be able to rlogin and telnet in and wreak havoc

also, you can don't have to have the "home" be /Users/ftp, "home" just has to be the location of the ftp directory you created i step one, which could conceivable be anywhere. Another logical place to put it might be in the same place as your WebServer, in /Library

You should now be good to go. Good luck!

[astrodawg]

If you follow the directions above, how do you chgrp the directories in ftp to ftp?

Do you also need to create a new group named ftp in NetInfo Manager?

It seems that just creating the user ftp does not do what you need.

[The DJ]

Originally posted by astrodawg
If you follow the directions above, how do you chgrp the directories in ftp to ftp?

Do you also need to create a new group named ftp in NetInfo Manager?

You would have to create a group ftp first. But that is actually not really necesarry. Any group is good as long as it doesnt have write permissions. I personally use admin as the group.

DJ

[StormSilver]

Woo, let's revive an old thread!
Anywho, I'm still getting the same thing you were getting at first, DJ. It acts like it's getting a list when I type ls, but in fact it doesn't. I've done everything you said to do, even created a group called ftp with netinfo. Still no. Got any ideas for things I might have done wrong/not done at all?

[strobe]

Be aware as of OS X PB mounted non-root volumes are 777 meaning anonymous ftp users can wipe or otherwise alter your volumes.