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Special Forums Windows & DOS: Issues & Discussions mapping FTP site as local drive Post 30490 by cerberusofhate on Tuesday 22nd of October 2002 11:12:55 PM
Old 10-23-2002
The FTP server must remain a FTP server only. You can't fix a problem by ignoring it with another solution. If samba was an option, I would have went for it, as well as if NFS was an option. The 98 machine must have no extra software installed, nor must the FTP server. THere are reasons for this, among those security (extra port open in the network, and YES that will be a problem), performance (the FTP server is barely able to handle FTP, even though smbd is lightweight, it is still going to hit the server hard, with the loads it takes), and last but not least, I do not want a "bastardised" system that requires to install clients on all machines (if any future 98 machines do come), and I want everyone talking the same protcols, makes it so much easier to troubleshoot a daemon. Sorry if I sound rude, I just hate it when people "fix" a problem by offering another suggestion that ignores the problem. I know that this can be done, and installing any OS > 98 is also not an option. I've heard of this done before......
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ftpconfig(1M)						  System Administration Commands					     ftpconfig(1M)

NAME
ftpconfig - set up anonymous FTP SYNOPSIS
ftpconfig [ftpdir] ftpconfig -d ftpdir DESCRIPTION
The ftpconfig script is executed by the super user to set up anonymous FTP. Anonymous FTP allows users to remotely log on to the FTP server by specifying the user name ftp or anonymous and the user's email address as password. The anonymous users are logged on to the FTP Server and given access to a restricted file area with its own file system root. See chroot(2). The FTP area has its own minimal system files. This command will copy and set up all the components needed to operate an anonymous FTP server, including creating the ftp user account, creating device nodes, copying /usr/lib files, and copying timezone data. The passwd and group files set up have been stripped down to prevent malicious users from finding login names on the server. The anonymous file area will be placed under ftpdir. If the ftp user account already exists, then the current FTP area is used, and the system files in it are updated. All other files are left untouched. This command should be run to update the anonymous FTP area's configuration whenever a system patch is installed, or the system is upgraded. OPTIONS
-d Create a new or update an existing ftpdir without creating or updating the ftp user account. Use this option when creating guest FTP user accounts. OPERANDS
The following operands are supported: ftpdir The absolute pathname of the directory under which the anonymous FTP area is set up. EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned: 0 Successful completion 1 Improper usage of the command 2 Command failed ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWftpu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Evolving | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
ftpaddhost(1M), in.ftpd(1M), useradd(1M), chroot(2), attributes(5) SunOS 5.10 1 May 2003 ftpconfig(1M)
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