Re: [cobalt-users] ftpwho

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on 6-28-02 1:08 PM, 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

Is there some type of symlinking that goes on??

Does anyone have an old proftpd.conf that may shed some light on this??

Dave