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Offline deven_01

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ftp problem
« on: September 24, 2005, 07:14:29 AM »
Dear friend
I am able to do ftp to all my user except root
how can i do ftp to my root at localhost
e.g. $ftp loclhost
machine ask me login name & password
when i put root & root password it gives permission denied
So how can i do that
Actually there is one setting in file i forget that file If anybudy knows kindly send it
Regards,
Linux User

Offline Ricky

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« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2005, 12:45:13 PM »
You have not mentioned your OS, btw for ftp login in fedora you can  edit the files /etc/vsftpd.ftpusers and /etc/vsftpd.user_list  and remove the 'root' line from each file.

Offline gauravbajaj

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« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2005, 05:02:20 AM »
You can also use  sftp instead of ftp..

Gaurav