[wplug] Anonymous FTP and hidden files (security problem?)

Russ Schneider russ at sugapablo.com
Wed Sep 10 10:29:38 EDT 2003


Alexandros Papadopoulos wrote:

> In such cases (not sure whether something will break or not), it's a 
> good idea to make a backup first.
> 
> $ tar -cf ftp_home.tar ftp/
> 
> ...and then make any changes. You can always restore the files in case 
> something breaks.

I didn't actually delete the files, I just moved them off to another 
directory in a different path.

-- 
Russ Schneider (a.k.a. Sugapablo)
http://www.sugapablo.com




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