[CentOS] Raising ftp priority?

[John R Pierce]

hadi motamedi wrote:
> Dear All
> I need to ftp all of the files & folders of CentOS 5 server through 
> WS_FTP . But it just lets for /home/www user login , but not root user 
> . As I want to see and have all of  files , can you please let me know 
> how can I raise the ftp priority such that WS_FTP can login as root user .

prsuably that would be through the configuration fo whatever FTP server 
your CentOS host is running...   probably vsftpd


...but you do realize, FTP uses plaintext passwords on the network, and 
anyone who can sniff any link between you and your server gets your root 
password?


much better to use something liike SCP/SFTP/RSYNC for your authenticated 
file transfers.