Hi. I'm quite new to AIX systems (I have 5.2) and would create a simple
ftp account to transfer files to and from my server.

I have the plain ftpd coming with AIX 5.2
I've defined a large filesystem, created a new user account with his
home directory in such FS, and given him a password.
The user's groups are: ftp, staff.

But, first the user could log-in via ftp client with ANY password, just
like a guest.
Second, such user wasn't able to upload more than 500mb files even I
haven't quota restrictions or file-system limitation.
Third, any directory he would create, it was invisible to him. But
it was there (seen by root account). Neither he could see any
uploaded file.

Last, I tried to create other accounts, but each new user isn't
allowed to access via ftp because he always receive the message:
'expired password'

What's the CLEAN and right procedure to create a 'public' ftp account
for an AIX server ?

Thank you very much

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You'll probably want to take a look here:

/usr/samples/tcpip/anon.ftp

This is a script which will configure anonymous ftp.

Regards,

"Val3r10" <member28822@dbforums.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hi. I'm quite new to AIX systems (I have 5.2) and would create a simple
> ftp account to transfer files to and from my server.
>
> I have the plain ftpd coming with AIX 5.2
> I've defined a large filesystem, created a new user account with his
> home directory in such FS, and given him a password.
> The user's groups are: ftp, staff.
>
> But, first the user could log-in via ftp client with ANY password, just
> like a guest.
> Second, such user wasn't able to upload more than 500mb files even I
> haven't quota restrictions or file-system limitation.
> Third, any directory he would create, it was invisible to him. But
> it was there (seen by root account). Neither he could see any
> uploaded file.
>
> Last, I tried to create other accounts, but each new user isn't
> allowed to access via ftp because he always receive the message:
> 'expired password'
>
> What's the CLEAN and right procedure to create a 'public' ftp account
> for an AIX server ?
>
> Thank you very much
>
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> Posted via http://dbforums.com