Subject: Re: networking with mol/molvconfig
From: David Block (dblock@gene.pbi.nrc.ca)
Date: Tue Nov 07 2000 - 08:33:00 MST
> - from MOL, I couldn't connect by ftp (Fetch) as root. Is that
> normal? Is there a direct way out? Of course, I can upload files to
> LinuxPPC under a username and then move the files as superuser under
> LinuxPPC, but isn't there a more direct solution?
You don't want to allow ftp access to root. It is a _big_ security
hole. It's better for your system to do it the hard way.
HTH.
David Block
dblock@gene.pbi.nrc.ca
http://bioinfo.pbi.nrc.ca/dblock/wiki
Plant Biotechnology Institute
National Research Council of Canada
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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