On Thu, 2005-07-28 at 21:42 +0200, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Am Do, den 28.07.2005 schrieb Will Yardley um 21:26: > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 07:27:13PM +0200, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > > > Am Do, den 28.07.2005 schrieb Marcel Janssen um 19:13: > > > > > I'd like to open vsftp for anonymous users to write. I just need > > > > that for a short moment so that someone can upload something. > > > > > Can't you just create a specific user for that purpose? Not to ship > > > around your configuration problem, but for safety. FTP servers open > > > for anonymous write are quickly misused. > > > > Proftpd, at least, has some great options to make this less likely. > > Preventing MKDIR and LIST (and maybe RETR), for example, in the incoming > > directory makes it a lot more safe. > > > > w > > Yes, I use such kind of a setup with both Proftpd and Pure-FTPd which > makes uploads invisible in the incoming area as soon as the upload > finished. The public area is just download enabled. Me too (proftpd). I occasionally get files dumped in /incoming but the poor kiddies can't download it from anywhere :-) What the OP probably needs to do is: # chcon -R -t ftpd_anon_rw_t /path/to/upload/directory (see "man ftpd_selinux"). Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
