Re: Setting ftp server in Linux!!??

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From: michael butler
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 1994 17:12

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Larry Doolittle (doolitt@recycle.cebaf.gov) writes:

: Either that, or the path for ls is hard-coded in the ftp binary,
: and that path is not where your ls is installed.  

It is in the "standard" distributions as well as wuarchive's flavour BUT
this is not a problem. ftpd, after it obtains the caller's identity, does a
chroot to its own ftp directory. All that needs to be done is to create a
'bin' subdirectory of that and COPY (not link) ls into it. Do similarly with
any required shared libs.

: A quick soft-link cured the problem.

This is a potential security hole .. don't link anything,

	michael

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