Michel Kaempf wrote: > On Mon, May 03, 1999, Kenneth Johansson wrote: > > I have a problem with ftp to debian when it is configured to use nis. > > > > Everything works OK as long as I have a normal user entry in /etc/passwd > > but when I take the user account infomation from nis fptd wont allow the > > user to connect. Telnet and other stuff works so its related only to > > ftpd I think. > > What is your ftp server ? If your ftp server is proftpd, you have to add > the following line to /etc/proftpd.conf in order to have proftpd work > with NIS passwords : > > PersistentPasswd off >
I use the standard one that's included in netbase (I think). ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.ftpd I guess that i could change to proftpd if that is working.
