Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 14:52:34 +0300 (MSK) From: Dmitrij Tejblum <dima@tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/3050: An error in the manpage ftpd.8 Message-ID: <199703211152.OAA01118@tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru> Resent-Message-ID: <199703211240.EAA13767@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 3050
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: An error in the manpage ftpd.8
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Fri Mar 21 04:40:01 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Dmitrij Tejblum
>Organization:
CompTek
>Release: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386
>Environment:
FreeBSD 2.2 and -current
>Description:
The ftpd(8) man page says:
Ftpd authenticates users according to five rules.
1. The login name must be in the password data base, /etc/pwd.db,
and not have a null password. ....
But /etc/pwd.db is not the password data base. First, passwords are in
/etc/spwd.db. Second, the password database may be a NIS database.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Remove /etc/pwd.db from that phrase.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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