On Thu, 05 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> > He, he, go read FTP101 ;-)
> >
> > Now seriously, the "incomming" directory of an FTP
> > server has been a "blind" directory, since anyone has
> > write access to it and could delete other's people
> > submissions.
>
> You're funny , but it's possible to give permission in write and read also
> but not to delete other submission like for the tmp dir of unix .....
>
There are other problems as well, if you have a publicly accessable directory
people could start uploading mp3's or warez or other garbage for others to
download. It's just good sense to have it be a blind directory.
--
Matt Steven
Web Automation
GeniusWeb.com
(605)622.7811
And now for the obligatory automatic random signature file quote:
>>=>
If you want to travel around the world and be invited to speak at a lot of
different places, just write a Unix operating system." (Linus Torvalds)
<=<<
