[NCLUG] Another simple FTP question

[dobbster]

Blaine Berger wrote:
> 
> These two workarounds will get you the desired behavior:
> 
>     1. In /etc/ftpaccess , add the following line:
> 
>            guestserver 192.168.100.1
> 
>         behavior: 530 Guest login not allowed on this machine, connect to
> 192.168.100.1 instead.
> 
>         (192.168.100.1 is a private...not global...address. Choose any
> private address you are not using in your network.)
> 
>     2. In /etc/ftpaccess , add the following line:
> 
>           guestserver anwhere
> 
>           behavior: 530 Guest login not allowed on this machine.
> 
>         This works as long as "anywhere" does not resolve to an IP address.
> For grins, you could add a bogus entry into /etc/hosts to resolve
> "anywhere" and then the message will read:
> 
>              530 Guest login not allowed on this machine, connect to
> anywhere instead.
> 
> NOTE: Be certain that "anonymous" is NOT in /etc/ftpusers or you will get a
> userid/password checking behavior instead of the results above.
> 

Ahhhhh...  That will do the trick.  Thank you very much!

Mark (dobbster at dobbster.com)