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!
