On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, you wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, you wrote:
> > On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, John Aldrich wrote:
> >
> > > You mean like /bin/bash or /bin/false? ;-) Yeppers. Per the docs, I
> > > double-checked that when I was installing. Like I said... I *did* RTFM while
> > > installing, but nothing there seems to apply. This *seems* to be a problem with
> > > verifying the password. I even purposely added myself (the only "real" user on
> > > the system) to the ftpusers file. No go.... *sigh*
> >
> > At least on wu-ftpd, ftpusers lists users who may *not* ftp to the
> > system...
> > If you've added everyone to ftpusers, that's why they can't login.
> >
> Whoops... re-reading the instructions, you're right. It says ftpusers contains
> a list of users who should NEVER be allowed to log in. ;-) Somewhat
> counter-intuitive, if ya ask me. ;-)
> John
>
Ok. I have to thank Bero for pointing out what I shoulda cought myself. :-) It
turns out to be a problem of mis-reading the docs. If you DON'T want someone to
be able to log in via FTP put 'em in the "ftpusers" file. :-) This seems
COMPLETELY counter-intuitive to me, but who knows... ;-)
John
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