Re: Ftpd

From: Oliver Leitner (Shadow333_at_gmx.at)
Date: 01/22/05

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    To: Phillip Neumann <bob@sofsis.cl>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
    Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 23:16:54 +0100
    
    

    you might want to give proftpd a try...

    /usr/ports/ftp/proftpd

    for more info on proftpd you might wanna look on www.proftpd.org
    they have quite a good documentation on it.

    this should cover both of your questions...

    Greetings
    Oliver Leitner
    Technical Staff
    http://www.shells.at

    On Friday 21 January 2005 01:36, Phillip Neumann wrote:
    > Hello....
    >
    > I have problems to understand the way ftpd works.
    >
    > My goal is to create a ftp account where the user can download and
    > upload files, and create directories where they could upload the files.
    > But they should not remove nor rename any file or directory.
    >
    > 1)
    >
    > man chmod talks about a sticky flag.
    > Ive try that. but:
    >
    > (ls -la on the server)
    > drwxr-xr-t 4 usuarioftp usuarioftp 512 Jan 22 19:01 usuarioftp
    >
    > <lftp login.../>
    > lftp usuarioftp@localhost:~> rm test
    > rm ok, `test' removed
    >
    > i dont want users to be able to delete any files...
    >
    > 2)
    >
    > I dont understand permitions...
    >
    > i.e.
    > lftp usuarioftp@localhost:~> ls root-file
    > -rw------- 1 root wheel 0 Jan 22 19:12 root-file
    > lftp usuarioftp@10.0.0.56:~> mv root-file why_can_i_do_this
    > rename successful
    >
    > ps aux | grep ftp shows:
    >
    > usuarioftp 26747 1.0 0.3 1928 1404 ?? Ss 7:14PM 0:00.01 ftpd:
    > 127.0.0.1: user/usuarioftp: LIST\r\n (ftpd)
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > why can the ftp user rename the root file?
    > how do i make users be able just to
    > 1.- create directories
    > 2.- upload files
    > 3.- downlaod files
    >
    >
    >
    > thank you,
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    Relevant Pages

    • [OpenPKG-SA-2003.043] OpenPKG Security Advisory (proftpd)
      ... According to an ISS X-Force security advisory, a vulnerability ... when transferring files from the FTP server in ASCII mode. ... and a buffer overflow can manifest if ProFTPD parses a specially ... Select the updated source RPM appropriate for your OpenPKG release ...
      (Bugtraq)
    • [Full-Disclosure] [OpenPKG-SA-2003.043] OpenPKG Security Advisory (proftpd)
      ... According to an ISS X-Force security advisory, a vulnerability ... when transferring files from the FTP server in ASCII mode. ... and a buffer overflow can manifest if ProFTPD parses a specially ... Select the updated source RPM appropriate for your OpenPKG release ...
      (Full-Disclosure)
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