[X-Unix] 10.3 FTP - Anon Read Only Access

[Alexandre Gauthier]

Bill Gorman wrote:

> I don't have a solution.
>
> That said, do you really want anonymous users uploading whatever they 
> want?  Are you sure that you wish to leave "dim" clients in charge of 
> such a target.  The public folder on a shared account would not seem 
> too onerous.
> On 23-Sep-04, at 12:28 PM, Steve Savery wrote:
>
Just make the upload directory a dropbox! write, append, no delete no 
read, no execute.
That was you diminish the chances of ending up as a warez dump, while 
still providing your users functionality.

A good upload-based anon-ftp would allow you to put files, but not 
download them.

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Alexandre Gauthier
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