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Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 08:02:24 -0400
From: Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>
Subject: Re: ftp, anonymous login...
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Jason,

On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 03:57:53PM +0800, Jason Fu wrote:
> That is, I could have an a/c called nobody for anonymous ftp (no
> password needed). I could not use ftp://ftp AT phoenix but
> ftp://nobody AT phoenix in IE only (Netscape 7.02 doesn't work either).
> 
> Any idea?

Create a Windows account called "ftp" and edit your /etc/proftpd.conf as
follows:
    <Anonymous ~ftp>
      User				ftp
      Group				users
    ...
    </Anonymous>

Jason

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