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In article <aencps$b7b$1@driftwood.ccs.carleton.ca>,
"Invalid_Address, send to sintox@hotmail instead" <_Invalid_@address.com> writes:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a shell account on unix (SunOS). Could you please suggest a software
> to do the following.
> 
> I would like to know if it's possible to setup an FTP-SERVER (anonymous or
> not doesn't matter) without being a super-user? (how do I call it? a
> sub-server?)
> 
> It would allow me to share with friends files (from one specific directory)
> without giving them my shell password. I notice that a webpage would not
> give them write permission.
> 
> There are some free ftp servers tools (ncftp, vsftpd, ...) . But so far,
> with no success. The error message for one was: "... must be run by inetd"
> [but how do I run inetd if I'm not root],
> and for the other: "need to be super-user to run a non-anonymous ftp server"
> [ this one is funny since I have already set <server-type=anonymous-only> in
> the config file ].
> 
> Thank you very much for helping and have a great day.
> Tum
> 
> 

FTP listens on ports that only root can access.  So I don't see how
you could set up your own.  It would probably also upset your
sysadmins.  You could set up a mail server in which the file
transfer would occur by mail.  This is not a task for a newby,
though.  Again,  you might also piss off your SA's if they caught
someone downloading /etc/passwd.

-- 
Dan Mercer
damercer@mmm.com