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From: angel@umigw.MIAMI.EDU (angel li)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: FTP changes file ownership?
Message-ID: <196@umigw.MIAMI.EDU>
Date: 3 Dec 88 12:48:26 GMT
References: <18505@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>
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In article <18505@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> jsin@CS.UCLA.EDU (John Sin) writes:
>
>However, when I "get" a file with FTP, the files are all owned by "root".
>Has anyone notice this too, or is it something I did/didn't do?
>
I've seen A/UX systems where /usr/ucb/ftp has suid privileges. Just
chmod 755 /usr/ucb/ftp to fix this.

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Angel Li
University of Miami/RSMAS

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