The following steps, on setting up Anonymous FTP on a Solaris machine,
are copied from the 2.5 ftpd man page. It has been tested on 2.3, 2.4
AND 2.5.  Please note that if you use the ftpd setup script from the
2.3 or 2.4 man page there is an error  use this script instead.

First, add the following entry to the /etc/passwd file. In this case,
/export/ftp was chosen to be the anonymous ftp area, and the shell is
the non-existent file /nosuchshell. This prevents users from logging
in as the ftp user. Any of these variables can be changed at your
discretion:

ftp:x:30000:30000:Anonymous FTP:/export/ftp:/nosuchshell

Second, add the following entry to /etc/shadow:

ftp:NP:6445::::::

Finally, cut and paste the following script, and run it on the machine
that you are setting up as an anonymous FTP server:



The following is  a  shell  script  that  will  set  up  the
anonymous ftp  area.   It presumes that ftp accounts is set
up locally, as is suggested above.
This is a tested script from the Solaris 2.5 ftpd man page.
It has been tested on 2.3, 2.4, AND 2.5.


------- Start script on the next line --------------------------
#!/bin/sh
# script to setup anonymous ftp area
#
# handle the optional command line argument
case $# in

  # the default location for the anon ftp comes from the passwd file
  0) ftphome="`grep '^ftp:' /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f6`"
     ;;

  1) if [ "$1" = "start" ]; then
	ftphome="`grep '^ftp:' /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f6`"
     else
	ftphome=$1
     fi
     ;;

  *) echo "Usage: $0 [anon-ftp-root]"
     exit 1
     ;;
esac

if [ -z "${ftphome}" ]; then
  echo "$0: ftphome must be non-null"
  exit 2
fi

# This script assumes that ftphome is neither / nor /usr so ...
if [ "${ftphome}" = "/" -o "${ftphome}" = "/usr" ]; then
  echo "$0: ftphome must not be / or /usr"
  exit 2
fi

# If ftphome does not exist but parent does, create ftphome
if [ ! -d ${ftphome} ]; then
   # lack of -p below is intentional
   mkdir ${ftphome}
fi
echo Setting up anonymous ftp area ${ftphome}

# Ensure that the /usr/bin directory exists
if [ ! -d ${ftphome}/usr/bin ]; then
   mkdir -p ${ftphome}/usr/bin
fi

cp /usr/bin/ls ${ftphome}/usr/bin
chmod 111 ${ftphome}/usr/bin/ls

# Now set the ownership and modes to match the man page
chown root ${ftphome}/usr/bin
chmod 555 ${ftphome}/usr/bin

# this might not be the right thing to do
# but we need the bin -> usr/bin link
if [ -r ${ftphome}/bin ]; then
   mv -f ${ftphome}/bin ${ftphome}/Obin
fi
ln -s usr/bin ${ftphome}

# Ensure that the /usr/lib and /etc directories exist
if [ ! -d ${ftphome}/usr/lib ]; then
   mkdir -p ${ftphome}/usr/lib
fi
if [ ! -d ${ftphome}/etc ]; then
   mkdir -p ${ftphome}/etc
fi

#Most of the following are needed for basic operation, except
#for libnsl.so, nss_nis.so, libsocket.so, and straddr.so which are
#needed to resolve NIS names.

cp /usr/lib/ld.so /usr/lib/ld.so.1 ${ftphome}/usr/lib

for lib in libc libdl libintl libw libnsl libsocket        nss_nis
nss_nisplus nss_dns nss_files
do
  cp /usr/lib/${lib}.so.1 ${ftphome}/usr/lib
  rm -f ${ftphome}/usr/lib/${lib}.so
  ln -s ./${lib}.so.1 ${ftphome}/usr/lib/${lib}.so
done

cp /usr/lib/straddr.so.2 ${ftphome}/usr/lib
rm -f ${ftphome}/usr/lib/straddr.so
ln -s ./straddr.so.2 ${ftphome}/usr/lib/straddr.so

cp /etc/passwd /etc/group /etc/netconfig ${ftphome}/etc

# Copy timezone database
mkdir -p ${ftphome}/usr/share/lib/zoneinfo
(cd ${ftphome}/usr/share/lib/zoneinfo
 (cd /usr/share/lib/zoneinfo; find . -print | cpio -o) | cpio -imdu
 find . -print | xargs chmod 555
 find . -print | xargs chown root
)

chmod 555 ${ftphome}/usr/lib/*
chmod 444 ${ftphome}/etc/*

# Now set the ownership and modes
chown root ${ftphome}/usr/lib ${ftphome}/etc
chmod 555 ${ftphome}/usr/lib ${ftphome}/etc

# Ensure that the /dev directory exists
if [ ! -d ${ftphome}/dev ]; then
   mkdir -p ${ftphome}/dev
fi

# make device nodes. ticotsord and udp are necessary for
# 'ls' to resolve NIS names.

for device in zero tcp udp ticotsord
do
  line=`ls -lL /dev/${device} | sed -e 's/,//'`
  major=`echo $line | awk '{print $5}'`
  minor=`echo $line | awk '{print $6}'`
  rm -f ${ftphome}/dev/${device}
  mknod ${ftphome}/dev/${device} c ${major} ${minor}
done

chmod 666 ${ftphome}/dev/*

## Now set the ownership and modes
chown root ${ftphome}/dev
chmod 555 ${ftphome}/dev

if [ ! -d ${ftphome}/pub ]; then
  mkdir -p ${ftphome}/pub
fi
chown ftp ${ftphome}/pub
chmod 777 ${ftphome}/pub

# ------------End of Solaris 2.x anonymous ftp script ----------

NOTE:  This script creates ~ftp/pub with 777 (world-write) permissions. 
       If you prefer more secure permissions, execute a new chmod 
       on ~ftp/pub after running this script.