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Legacy Forums => General Discussion (Legacy) => Topic started by: Quade on October 15, 1999, 04:11:59 AM
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Well, it's been nearly three weeks (i think) since my last post, but that's because e-smith has been working so well, that I've been too busy elsewhere on the Interet. I've tried nearly a dozen distributons of linux over the last year or so, and hands down, e-smith has worked wonders for me. With multiple domains on my cable modem at home, it's worked seamlessly. In fact, I installed it on a friend's box last night for use on his DSL, and it worked the second he plugged it in.
I also would like to take this oppourtunity to thank the e-smith staff in their quick response times.
And now for the questions...
What do I need to do to access the FTP server from an outside computer. At work (a Mac G3 on a T1 connection) I try to log into the server as a user, root, and as admin, and I get the message "error on password: login incorrect." Does it come installed as open to the outside, or do I have to tell it to do so similar to telnet?
TIA,
Quade
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Hello Quade,
Thanks for the positive feedback! Much appreciated :-)
> And now for the questions... What do I need to do to access the
> FTP server from an outside computer.
By default, the only ftp access permitted from the outside is as "anonymous", which drops you in the primary/files directory. Also, if you create any ibays with global access, ftp logins are permitted to the ibay account and get read-only access to the ibay.
We did it this way as a security precaution - which turned out to be important since some security holes were found in ProFTPd after the release of e-smith version 3.0. These security holes do not affect e-smith servers because they involve external write access.
If you need to open things up more, we recommend first upgrading to the latest ProFTPd server RPM from a Red Hat mirror site (we haven't mirrored the latest version at the e-smith site yet). This will fix the security problem. Then read the documentation on ProFTPd and edit the configuration file:
/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/proftpd.conf
to enable the permissions you want. Then instantiate the template by running:
/sbin/e-smith/signal-event console-save
Hope this helps, and thanks again for the encouraging comments!
- Joe Morrison
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That's great! Once again, a timely response (in under an hour, even). So, basically, you guys are telling me that it's not only possible, but easy?
I can handle that. Thanks.
-Quade