[NCLUG] Another simple FTP question

[Blaine Berger]

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.

Best Regards,
--
Blaine Berger

http://www.e-oasis.com