From: Christopher L. Barnard (cbar44@tsg.cbot.com)
Date: Wed Jan 03 2007 - 17:48:33 EST
I asked:
> I have an anonymous ftp server, locked down, and its been running fine
> for years. This morning I updated the files in etc/ usr/ and lib/ within
> the anonymous area. I do this once or twice a year because patching the
> OS libraries and binaries does not patch the copies in the anonymous ftp
> area.
>
> Unfortunately doing so has broken something. Passive ftp (connecting to it
> with a web browser) no longer lists the file names. They are there, and can
> be accessed as would be expected, but they are not displayed. Doing an "ls"
> when ftp-ing from the command line is perfectly normal.
>
> So my guess is that there is a new library or file needed for anonymous ftp
> that was added in the last year or so. Any ideas what? The files I copy
> into my anonymous ftp dir are:
> bin -> usr/bin
> usr/bin/ls (mode 0111)
> usr/lib/ld.so.1 (mode 0644)
> usr/lib/libc.so.1 (mode 0644)
> usr/lib/libdl.so.1 (mode 0644)
> usr/lib/libmp.so.1 (mode 0644)
> usr/lib/libnsl.so.1 (mode 0644)
> usr/lib/nss_files.so.1 (mode 0644)
> usr/lib/security/pam_unix_session.so.1 (mode 0644)
> bogus etc/passwd
> bogus etc/group
> timezone maps (usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/US/Central)
> usr/platform/${UNAME}/lib/libc_psr.so.1
The answer:
Lets all hear it for gratuitous vendor changes!
The library files have to be mode 0555 now.
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