RE: [cobalt-users] [RAQ3i] Problems with Admin in FTP

[flash22@xxxxxxx]

On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, Patrick G. wrote:

> >
> > > Recently, I have lost the ability to FTP down my site logs as
> > user 'Admin'
> > > I get a 'Permission Denied' on the logs directory itself (as well as the
> > >
> >
> > Did you count how many times admin appears? I bet is is 32 times, in
> > addition to being a member of each site, admin is also used for several
> > non-site related users, eg wheel (so you can su to root, home (cause admin
> > is also the home user, and depending on the machine stray internal
> > users...
> >
> > also your telnet works, ftp doesn't is exactly typical....
> >
> > grep admin /etc/group|wc
> >
> Thanks. It returns 31.
> 
> Wouldn't the group limitations only affect users/groups above the 32
> limitation

Well, you only have one foot off the ledge....

The only other thing i can think of offhand, is, have you been editing the
group file or passwd? I remember proftp has/had bugs where it did squirrly
things like that if there was a typo somewhere , like leading/trailing
spaces before/after the group or user names....

gsh