topic Re: Ftp access to root in Operating System - HP-UX

Ftp access to root

Tvs — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 09:31:40 GMT

hi all
iam unable to ftp to one server with root acount. how enable the ftp access for root in hp-ux

Re: Ftp access to root

James R. Ferguson — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 09:37:28 GMT

Hi:

Make sure that the host attempting to do the FTP is not denied the privilege in the '/etc/ftpd/ftpaccess' file.

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: Ftp access to root

john korterman — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 09:57:00 GMT

Hi,

check also the manpage for ftpusers and the contents of:
/etc/ftpd/ftpusers

regards,
John K.

Re: Ftp access to root

Steven E. Protter — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 12:20:16 GMT

Shalom, Tvs,

ftp access for root is considered a major security hazard. Auditors will note it and its a bad idea.

A better idea is to install Secure shell and you get ftp-like access for root with secure authentication.

Link for secure shell
http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=T1471AA

Secure shell is based on openssh. Openssh is built into Linux, probably hp-ux now that I think of it, and there are free clients for Windows.

There is very little reason to have ftp root access and I advise strongly against it.

SEP