Bug 4288 - ftp gives "ftp: ftp/tcp: unknown service" for regular user
Summary: ftp gives "ftp: ftp/tcp: unknown service" for regular user
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Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: ftp
Version: 6.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Lawrence
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1999-07-31 17:50 UTC by Bertil Askelid
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-08-01 09:02:31 UTC
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Description Bertil Askelid 1999-07-31 17:50:38 UTC 
/usr/bin/ftp has to installed with suid bit set:

	chmod 4755 /usr/bin/ftp

Same error occures for telnet and fwhois.
Comment 1 Bertil Askelid 1999-07-31 18:53:59 UTC 
My suggested solution is no good. Means that ftp:ed files are owned
by root. Thus, there must be something in the tcp that prevents ftp,
telnet and fwhois to be used by a regular user. But what?
Comment 2 Bertil Askelid 1999-07-31 19:31:59 UTC 
Problem solved: /etc/services comes with rw------- on the 6.0 CD.
Should be rw-r--r--.
Comment 3 Bill Nottingham 1999-07-31 21:46:59 UTC 
No, it comes with the correct 644 permissions (just checked here.)
Perhaps something else changed them on your system. Did you install
the samba upgrade with a non-default root umask?
Comment 4 Jeff Johnson 1999-07-31 23:03:59 UTC 
No, don't put a setuid on the program, check the permissions
on /etc/services. I believe that a recent update (samba?)
changes the permissions to 600 on /etc/servcies. Can you confirm
whether:
   1) you recently installed the samba update.
   2) the permissions are 600 on /etc/services
so I can get this problem fixed? Thanks ...
Comment 5 Jeff Johnson 1999-08-01 09:02:59 UTC 
This problem appears to be resolved.
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