Re: [cobalt-users] ftpwho

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 28 June 2002 01:25 pm, Mailing Lists wrote:
> on 6-28-02 11:25 AM, Gerald Waugh stated:
> >>> Since loading the latest package which updates ProFTPd I get no output
> >>> from ftpwho apart from if running as root, is this a "feature" we can
> >>> disable? Some quick searches in archives haven't turned anything up.
> >>
> >> Could this be why we are having odd errors with ftp logins not showing
> >> real usernames and site# but instead showing the numeric user and group
> >> i.e. 111 / 112 instead of dthurman / site2??
> >
> > For some reason the chrooted user can not read the passwd file, and
> > therefore can not convert the numerals to names.
>
> I had asked someone about this last week, they are a big slackware devote,
> he was thinking this may have something to do with the skel? Or shadow
> files??? I am not smart enough to even use those words but, somehow
> something isn't doing like you said.
>

If it was only happening to new users, that may be true, but this happens 
with established users

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