Hello,

I have RedHat 9.0. I can't remember the default FTP app might be VSFTP?

Anyhow, when I FTP to my linux box from my windows machine I can only log in as anonymous because I have no idea where to configure user and logins. When I do login and do a "dir", all I see is "/pub". Where is pub?!?! I can't find it anywhere. I actually need to see my local directories like /root home, /etc, etc. What do I do? Please help!

VSFTPD usually uses /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf for config.
Use man vsftpd.conf for reference.
Check if its running on your system ps -Af | grep vsftpd or service vsftpd status.
Also when you log into it, the banner or welcome message sometimes tells you what the server is
eg.
220 ProFTPD 1.2.8 Server (fileserver) [fileserver.somewhere.ca]
User (fileserver.somewhere.ca:(none)):

Thanks! But what about the mysterious /pub dir? I think the defaults want to treat my pub as a directory only accessible from the internet. I only need local net access and thus need to see my local direfctories......will vsftp.conf have config options to change this behavior?

FTP has two types of logins, ie.. anonymous & user login. in anonymous login u just have to just apply the username "ftp" or "anonymous" and supply anything as a password. but in userlogin u have to supply a valid username and password. when u login as anonymous u just have a guest entry and will have access to the /var/ftp/pub/ directory. thats what u see there. for setting up a server accessible to users u have to add the user accounts. for just viewing ur directories from the net, u must configure user access in ur server. but the problem is that u would have only access to the user home directories when logged in as a user. the root user by default have no access to an ftp server since the password travels without encryption through the network. so it depends upon u,whether u want user level access or just anonymous login. anyway u cant get access to /root without being root. for that u have to change the default permissions of /root with the chmod command. also that applies to the other previliged directories such as /etc,/boot etc...
Please explain ur problem in more details so that we could help vimal..........

sorry to put my head in ... I would like to read more on this so pushed my ass in

Please kick :-D

/ Rinish