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Date:      Tue, 29 Jul 1997 13:57:50 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Nathan Dorfman <nathan@senate.org>
To:        khetan@iafrica.com
Cc:        dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: wu-ftpd doesn't tar or compress
Message-ID:  <199707291757.NAA10608@limbo.senate.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970728140429.24485D-100000@chain-gateway.iafrica.com> from Khetan Gajjar at "Jul 28, 97 02:05:39 pm"

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> On Sun, 27 Jul 1997, Doug White wrote:
> 
> >And add the following lines to ftpaccess:
> >
> >compress        yes             all local remote
> >tar             yes             all local remote

Wouldn't you need to add compress and tar binaries to ~ftp/bin so they
will get executed after the chroot() in an anonymous login? 
 
> If you don't want all ftp users to compress, add your ftp groups as well.
> Mine wasn't working locally, but _was_ remotely.
> 
> I then added the group to the above line (ie all group2 local remote) and it
> worked fine after that!
> 
> Thanks, I've been looking for a way to sort this out once and for all for a long time!
> 
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