[Gllug] enable ftp root access.

[Alistair Mann]

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Thus spaketh hari pilai on Friday 23 May 2003 7:52 pm:
> Hi All,
> Could someone pls tell me how do I enable root access via FTP. Using
> REDHAT version 8, and also tried removing root from \etc\ftpusers but no
> luck.
> Thanks
> Hari

You should never be able to login via ftp as root.

If you need to use ftp, make the files available to a different user, and 
download them that way.

If you need security (and you normally do) consider using sftp or scp instead.

hth,
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Alistair
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