Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!haven!adm!xadmx!gaspar@stl-08sima.army.mil From: gaspar@stl-08sima.army.mil (Al Gaspar) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: anonymous login Message-ID: <20610@adm.BRL.MIL> Date: 15 Aug 89 16:56:00 GMT Sender: news@adm.BRL.MIL Lines: 26 A friend of mine tried to set up an 'anonymous' ftp account for me on a Unisys 5000/80 running System V.2. We found that rsh restricts correctly when logging in to the account directly. However, when that same account is accessed remotely by ftp, rsh does not restrict. At the top of the public directory that my friend set up for the anonymous account, he was unable to do a cd .. when logged in directly; however, when logged in by ftp, both he and I could. Another strange thing was that originally he tried to call the account "anonymous". However, that account would only allow access when logging in directly; if you attempted to log in to the account by ftp, it said the acount was unknown. He then changed the name to public and I could log in but with the cd problem described above. What gives? Is there something we missed. Thanks for any help. Cheers-- Al -- Al Gaspar(used to be ) USAMC CSDA, ATTN: AMXAL-OW, Box 1578, St. Louis, MO 63188-1578 COMMERCIAL: (314) 263-5118 AUTOVON: 693-5118 uunet.uu.net!stl-08sima.army.mil!gaspar