On Tue, 2007-02-27 at 15:03 +0400, Rajeev R Veedu wrote: > Mel and Will, > > I had tried both the option. It doesn't work either. > > But when we disable the anonymous access how come IE could login to pub > folder (which is under /var/ftp/pub). > > Thanks > > Rajeev > > > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf > of Will McDonald > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 1:45 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Problem with VSFTP > > On 27/02/07, Jordi Espasa Clofent <jordi.listas at yahoo.es> wrote: > > Will McDonald wrote: > > > On 27/02/07, Rajeev R Veedu <rajeev at cracknell.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> I have setup an ftp server with VSFTP over Centos 4.4. Everything > > >> works fine > > >> except when I login though IE it doen' ask for the username password > > >> but by > > >> default it goes to Pub folder. (/var/ftp/pub). I need to access this > > >> through > > >> viewà open ftp folder in separate window -> file à login. > > >> > > >> #anonymous_enable=YES > > > > > > It sounds like it's because IE is automatically logging in using the > > > anonymous user. Uncomment the '#anonymous_enable=YES' line and switch > > > 'YES' to 'NO', 'service restart vsftpd' and try again. > > > > Yes, I also think it. > > But I don't understand where is the problem. If you configure de FTP > > server as an anonymous server ¿why the automatic login from browser is > > not right for you? The described behaviour of the browser (IE in this > > case) is perfectly "normal" according to FTP server config. > > There's nothing inherintly wrong with the way the FTP server's > behaving at the moment (well, this *could* be open to discussion), it > seems the default is anonymous enabled. > > However, that's not how Rajeev wanted it to behave, why that's not > right for him is down to his individual environment and users... > > "In short the server doesn't prompt for username when I type the ftp > address on the address bar. Instead it takes you to public folder. > Is there any way I could get the login prompt when typing the ftp > address? Any help would be really appreciated." > > Personally, I disable anoymous access to FTP as a matter of course, > and wherever possible use SCP/SFTP with RSSH to chroot if I can. > > Will. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos First, please don't top post. Second, the behavior as you described it, is not ftp server's fault but rather browser's "feature": "Note that Internet Explorer automatically logs on anonymously to all FTP servers that permit anonymous logon." (from Microsoft TechNet - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/IIS3/iischp9.mspx?mfr=true) So, if you need to ftp the server from within Internet Explorer (there are plenty of other better clients out there) you will have to disable anonymous account on your server or, as someone else already mentioned use ftp://user@yourftpserver instead, and you will get the login prompt. HTH, Calin ================================================= The trouble is, there is an endless supply of White Men, but there has always been a limited number of Human Beings. -- Little Big Man