On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Jim Perrin <jperrin at gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 4:04 AM, hadi motamedi <motamedi24 at gmail.com> > 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 . > > Thank you > > Aside from the other points that have been or will be made in this > thread, you might consider this: > > Not all files on a centos system are actually files. For instance if > you try to ftp/scp the '/' dir, you will undoubtedly encounter /dev, > /sys, and /proc. Any of which would cause your ftp session to run > forever or until you filled the machine on the other end, because the > files located within these directories are not really files, but > operations and data sources (hard drives, random data, constant > streams of data, etc). You really need to re-think and better explain > what it is that you're trying to do. > > -- > During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary > act. > George Orwell > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Thank you very much for your reply . I actually wanted to copy my CentOS server into an client in the LAB for further test & investigation . Can I have a copy of it up and running by ftp all of the files & folders on "/" ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20100111/9b92082d/attachment-0005.html>