Hiya All, I'm new to Debian -- just installed -- and am trying to get things set up as I had them on my Slackware machine (approximately ;). Using dselect, I installed the wu-ftpd package (that's what came with Slackware, and I got the impression it was 'better' than the default Debian ftpd), and I've run into some problems/questions. . . .
1. The package didn't appear to do any setup -- no /home/ftp/ tree was ever installed. I created directories and am going to set permissions based on how it was in Slackware, but I wonder about the group and passwd files (how do I make them, since they're not exact copies of the ones in /etc). 2. Slackware's setup holds a /home/ftp/bin/ls which is about 4 times the size of its [Slackware's] /bin/ls. (I can't compare the Debian one right now, sorry.) The Debian package doesn't appear to have shipped with anything analogous (unless it's hidden somewhere I haven't looked, which is very possible). Can I just copy the one from Slackware? The kernel versions are quite different (Slackare = 1.2.13, Debian = 2.0.something) -- is it okay to use the old ls? Why is it so big -- statically linked, versus dynamically linked, libraries? And Does that make it okay to use Slackware's wu-ftpd's ls, despite the difference in kernel versions? 3. Finally, what's considered a 'bug' in a package? I think the Debian wu-ftpd package should prompt for where to put the ftp hierarchy of directories, and then put in the appropriate passwd, group, and ls files (as needed). Defaulting to /home, or wherever is 'correct' according to the Linux filesystem spec., would be nice. Do I just e-mail the package maintainer, or is there some Debian bug-reporting method I should be using? Thanks in advance, and I'm sorry if any of these questions or comments sound stupid. . . . Kendall -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
