Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ProFTPd problem with anonymous access

2010-09-08 Thread Adam Carter
1) I thought of that, but what password does Portage give it (if any)? If you su from root it wont ask for a password! But you'll have to make sure the ftp has a real shell. It may have say /bin/false for security reasons. In the short term changing it to bash is fine. If I change it, will it aff

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ProFTPd problem with anonymous access

2010-09-08 Thread Jake Moe
On 09/09/10 11:35, Adam Carter wrote: > Looking further, I found that when I try to log into the laptop > >> as anonymous, I get a 530-Unable to set anonymous privileges error, and >> in /var/log/messages, I see: ftp: Directory /usr/portage/ is not >> accessible. >> >> > Have you tried su'ing to

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] ProFTPd problem with anonymous access

2010-09-08 Thread Adam Carter
Looking further, I found that when I try to log into the laptop > as anonymous, I get a 530-Unable to set anonymous privileges error, and > in /var/log/messages, I see: ftp: Directory /usr/portage/ is not > accessible. > > Have you tried su'ing to the ftp user to make sure you can still get to /u

[gentoo-user] [OT] ProFTPd problem with anonymous access

2010-09-06 Thread Jake Moe
Hello all, I'm hoping someone on the list can help me out with a problem I'm having (or at least point me in the direction of a RTFM). I've got my laptop set up as a local rsync and source mirror for a PC at work and another laptop at home. The laptop has /usr/portage shared anonymously, so wha