[Info-vax] Need to set up a special purpose account

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2016-10-10 12:19:32 +0000, Tom Adams said:

> Actually, there is an [TCPIP$FTP] directory owned by TCPIP$FTP that 
> contains the same file.
> 
> Directory SYS$SYSDEVICE:[TCPIP$FTP]
> 
> LOGIN.COM;1         TCPIP$FTP_ANONYMOUS.LOGSAV;1
> TCPIP$FTP_RUN.LOG;642                   TCPIP$FTP_RUN.LOG;641
> TCPIP$FTP_RUN.LOG;640                   TCPIP$FTP_RUN.LOG;639
> TCPIP$FTP_RUN.LOG;638
> 
> $ dir sys$sysdevice:[ucx$ftp]*.*
> 
> Directory SYS$SYSDEVICE:[UCX$FTP]
> 
> LOGIN.COM;1         UCX$FTPD.LOG;57     UCX$FTPD_STARTUP.COM;1
> UCX$FTPD_STARTUP.LOG;57                 UCX$FTP_ANONYMOUS.LOGSAV;1
> 
> Not sure how this works.  These 2 directories have some files in common 
> but not all files in common.  How can that be?

This OpenVMS system is old, and it was upgrade from a version of 
OpenVMS and a version of TCP/IP Services prior to V5.0, and the old 
bits and directories were never cleaned up.

Reinstalling once in a while helps clean these up.   But compatibility 
almost inherently leaves a trail of dreck like this.

You also need to be aware of the difference between the ANONYMOUS user 
— a completely different user from the username used by the FTP server  
— and what the username the FTP server is using.   Two different users, 
two different contexts, two different profiles, two different logins, 
two different directories, and with different access control 
requirements.   FTP is wildly insecure and completely allergic to 
modern network security, which means that more than a few FTP servers 
around the 'net have ended up filled with pornography and malware, too.

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