Re: [OT] Change permissions via FTP?
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texte = Will Starck wrote: > Is there a way to change permissions on a file in OSX when using an FTP > client program such as FTP Voyager? The option is there, but the requests > are denied by the server when I try it. I've closed the ports for SSH and > telnet for security purposes... > You are using FTP (which passes _all_ passwords in plaintext) and you disabled ssh (which encrypts everything including passwords) and telnet (worse than FTP)??? I think you have things backwards. You want to delete the FTP server and use ssh/scp/sftp for all of your remote access, IMNSHO. Once you use ssh, you are connected via a secure shell and can use any command-line utility (like chmod). You might also look into rsync over ssh as a way to update a production site from a test site with complete confidence/security.John-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Will Starck wrote: > Is there a way to change permissions on a file in OSX when using an FTP > client program such as FTP Voyager? The option is there, but the requests > are denied by the server when I try it. I've closed the ports for SSH and > telnet for security purposes... > You are using FTP (which passes _all_ passwords in plaintext) and you disabled ssh (which encrypts everything including passwords) and telnet (worse than FTP)??? I think you have things backwards. You want to delete the FTP server and use ssh/scp/sftp for all of your remote access, IMNSHO. Once you use ssh, you are connected via a secure shell and can use any command-line utility (like chmod). You might also look into rsync over ssh as a way to update a production site from a test site with complete confidence/security.John-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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