Re: Ftpd annoyance - DIR doesn't work for anonymous ftp

[Dirk . Eddelbuettel]

  David> It would be nice to have an anon-ftp package which would set up ~ftp
  David> as appropriate

Just install wu-ftpd.

You will see that Debian has one just like you suggest here.

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Dirk Eddelb"uttel                              http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd