anonymous ftp on WIn9x

Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) lhall@rfk.com
Wed Feb 13 06:58:00 GMT 2002


At 07:55 AM 2/13/2002, Jorge Goncalvez wrote:
>Hi, I wonder how i can anonymous ftp enable under Win9x, do i must add a line 
>with ftp in the passwd file?
>In winnt, the set up programs create a user ftp in the passwd allowing anonymous 
>ftp based by the nt box user, how can i do to declare a ftp user in Win 9x to 
>make cygwin setup automatically create a ftp user in the passwd file without 
>adding by hand in this file .


Since 9x doesn't have the concept of users, you really can't.  What's so 
bad about adding the ftp user to the passwd file by hand (other than it's
not automated for the (now?) obvious reason)?


Larry Hall                              lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
838 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746                     (508) 893-9889 - FAX


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