RE: [cobalt-users] ftpwho

["Jolley, Carl" <Carl.Jolley@xxxxxxx>]

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Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] ftpwho


on 6-28-02 10:14 AM, Glenn Cameron 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??

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The showing of numbers instead of name _could_ indicate
a problem with (or with access to) the /etc/passwd
and /etc/group or if the FTP server is doing its own
directory function rather than using /bin/ls to do it,
it could just be they way the FTP server is coded and nothing
you do can make it show names itstead. If your /etc/password
file and your /etc/group files are OK and for example ls
commands from telnet using the same login are working OK
then the "problem" is with the FTP server. Perhaps there is
a confuguration option that will make it show the names 
instead of just the numbers. I've seen other FTP servers
that only show the numbers. Its just the way they work.
If the server can't be made to show the names, just print
out the /etc/password and /etc/group files to use as a
"cheat-sheet" so you can translate the uid/gid to the
respective names.