Chris Stromsoe wrote: ... >> How did you setup proftpd as service? > > cygrunsrv --install proftpd --path /usr/sbin/proftpd.exe --args > "nodaemon" --type auto --disp "Cygwin proftpd" --desc "ProFTP FTP > daemon" --user sshd_server -e CYGWIN="ntsec"
Is that a typo? the option nodaemon is written as --nodaemon or -n. > "cygrunsrv --start proftpd" after that fails. > ... > If I run without specifying --user, proftpd runs as SYSTEM. It does not > change users at all. If I log in with other users and upload files, the > files all end up owned by the SYSTEM user. I know all about that, but you can see your result, the error message you posted clearly states that the user could not change to SYSTEM... again: did you configyro proftpd correctly? ... > I don't have inetd installed. It's a stripped down installation. In > any event, it's not clear to me that running from inetd would help. The > problem seems to be related changing users, which proftpd would still > have to do running under inetd. Yes, and it works fine under Win XP, so it must be something missing in your user sshd_server privileges. -- René Berber -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
