Re: configuring ftpd for upload

[Andreas Gunnarsson <andreas@crt.se>]

On Sun, 3 Sep 2000, Saad KADHI wrote:

> The ideal would be something like:
> all users can upload sth in the incoming directory
> all users might see what's in this directory
> NOBODY can delete what's in this directory apart from root who might moves
> files from incoming to pub.

I had similar needs so I patched ftpd. The patch (attached to this mail)
adds -R that disables the DELE, RMD, RNFR and RNTO commands

Anyone using it does so on their own risk. I haven't double checked for
unexpected side effects.

   Andreas

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? ftpd.cat8
Index: ftpd.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.c,v
retrieving revision 1.77
diff -r1.77 ftpd.c
183a184
> int	allowdelete = 1;		/* allow user to delete files */
278c279
< char *argstr = "AdDhlMSt:T:u:UvP46";
---
> char *argstr = "AdDhlMRSt:T:u:UvP46";
330a332,335
> 		case 'R':
> 			allowdelete = 0;
> 			break;
> 
1881a1887,1890
> 	if (!allowdelete) {
> 		reply(550, "Permission denied.");
> 		return;
> 	}
1958a1968,1971
> 	if (!allowdelete) {
> 		reply(550, "Permission denied.");
> 		return;
> 	}
1981a1995,1999
> 	LOGCMD("renamefrom", name);
> 	if (!allowdelete) {
> 		reply(550, "Permission denied.");
> 		return;
> 	}
1995a2014,2017
> 	if (!allowdelete) {
> 		reply(550, "Permission denied.");
> 		return;
> 	}