Date: Sat, 09 Aug 1997 15:45:33 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Dave Hummel <hummel@www.snybuf.edu> Cc: Omar Thameen <omar@clifford.inch.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wu-ftp:tar & gz,ftpmotd nologin ftpwelcome Message-ID: <199708091445.PAA05367@awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 07 Aug 1997 15:54:45 EDT." <Pine.LNX.3.95.970807152600.13433B-100000@www.buffalostate.edu>
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> Thanks Omar,
>
> I tried everything but I still can't get it going. The package from 2.1.7
> installed pretty as you please. I didn't have any problems until the
> wu-ftpd-2.4.2b13 package from 2.2.2.
>
> Another thing... the other thread about wu-ftp has me confused. Am I
> understanding correctly that some people are needing to put tar and gzip
> in ~ftp/bin ?? It seems to me that wu-ftp should tar and gzip without
> either of these in ftp/bin. The only things that need to be modified to
> use tar & gzip are ftpaccess and ftpconversions. Am I missing something?
This is required for anonymous access - ftpd chroot()s itself to ~ftp
and can't find the programs in the real bins any more.
> Dave
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