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Hi Marty,

> That helps.  Unfortunately, the access level needed for the files is high
> enough for the anonymous account to be a major security risk.  Plus, I
> tried  to log on to the ftp server anonymously and I couldn't get in, so I
> don't  think this'll work.

I tried it here and it worked, as long as I do not enter a password:

C:\>ftp localhost
Connected to Thor.
220 EleBBS - FTP server running at PCM ready.
User (Thor:(none)): anonymous
331 User name, okay. Please send password.
Password:
230 User logged in, proceed.
ftp> dir
200 PORT command successful
150 Connecting to port 1134 (127.0.0.1)
dr-xr-xr-x   1 user     group          1024 Jul 14  2006
Windows_Conference_(Areas_1-27)___
dr-xr-xr-x   1 user     group          1024 Jul 14  2006
DOS_Conference_____(Areas_28-51)__
dr-xr-xr-x   1 user     group          1024 Jul 14  2006
Sysops_Conference__(Areas_51-135)_
dr-xr-xr-x   1 user     group          1024 Jul 14  2006
Private_Conference_(Areas_136-154)
ftp: 466 bytes received in 0.02Seconds 29.13Kbytes/sec.


It looks like it would be a simple fix for a Pascal coder to allow any
password to be accepted by the FTP server if the Account has a
blank password (and has the Guest flag enabled).


Regards,  Mike 

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