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Since the anonymous FTP package is part of the default installation, this will also
enable anonymous FTP access. If you want to disable anonymous FTP, simply
uninstall the anonftp RPM as follows:
$ rpm -e anonftp-4.0-4
Unfortunately, this is likely to produce some amount of confusion. Users who
attempt to connect anonymously will see these results:
$ ftp vmlinux4
Connected to vmlinux4.itso.ibm.com.
220 vmlinux4.itso.ibm.com FTP server (Version wu-2.6.1-16) ready.
User (vmlinux4.itso.ibm.com:(none)): anonymous
331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
Password: userid@mydomain.com
530 Can't set guest privileges.
Login failed.
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