ftp

[Jay Cantwell]

Can I set a user to have ftp access for read (get) only. I do not want the user to be able to any puts to the system. Also, can this be done without using file/directory permissions ??

thanks..Jay

[Manju Kampli]

Jay,

you can create the user to have only ftp access by making the login shell as false. But to make it read only you will have to make the permission change on the directory permissions.
may be you can look in to creating anonymous ftp user account.

Cheers,
Manju

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Hi:
If you are running 11x or 10.20 and installed wuftp from one of the HP-UX porting centers then you can setup the ftpaccess to limit almost any operation.

Man ftpaccess for details.

Clay

[Santosh Nair_1 · Accepted solution]

The 11.0 version of ftpd is wu-ftp..albeit an older one, but one that is supported by HP. Modify the /etc/inetd.conf file to add the -a option to the ftpd line. This tells the daemon to use the ftpaccess file to restrict access. Man ftpd and ftpaccess for more details.

-Santosh

[Herve BRANGIER]

Hi

You can use /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess to limit user's
access. You can create anonymous ftp user or
create a group of guest users.(user with a
special group, in /etc/group. You can find more
informations on ftpaccess man page. You can
have ftp only access with a shell like
/bin/false (you must put this shell on /etc/shells).

You can also use WU-FTPD, some versions are
supported by HP, but I think you can do that
with standard ftp deamon.

HTH

Herv?