Thanks for the overwhelming responses, summarized as below How to enable root ftp to solaris 9 server ? #vi /etc/services - uncomment -> ftp 21/tcp #vi /etc/inetd.conf - uncomment -> ftp stream tcp nowail root /usr/sbin/in.ftpd in.ftpd # vi /etc/ftpd/ftpuser - to uncomment "root" out -> # root #vi /etc/shells - put in all the shell as possible -> /usr/sbin/ksh #vi /etc/default/login - to uncomment -> CONSOLE=/dev/console check ftp.allow and ftp.deny files as well #kill -HUP <inetd>pid - to restart #/usr/sbin/inetd -s A lot of responses suggested using more secure ftp like proftp/ssh/scp/sftp or normal user to ftp in then #sudo - root cheers... Robert _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Mon Mar 24 11:08:56 2003
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