Allowing Anonymous FTP Access

By default, anonymous FTP is not enabled; the easiest way to enable it, if you choose to do so, is through Sysinstall. Within the Sysinstall program (/usr/sbin/sysinstall), enter the Configure and Networking sections. Scroll to the Anon FTP option and press the spacebar to enter the Anonymous FTP Configuration screen, shown in Figure 27.2.

Figure 27.2. Anonymous FTP configuration options.

The default options are generally appropriate for a typical FreeBSD system. The UID, Group, and Comment fields control how the new ftp user will be created. This user’s home directory is set to /var/ftp, which is how anonymous ...

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