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Date:      Mon, 01 Jul 1996 18:50:19 +0100
From:      "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        John Clark <jrclark@netview.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: wu_ftpd port "Service not available" 
Message-ID:  <4704.836243419@palmer.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 01 Jul 1996 10:48:32 CDT." <2.2.32.19960701110456.009290e0@netview.net> 

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John Clark wrote in message ID
<2.2.32.19960701110456.009290e0@netview.net>:
> Hello,
>  
> I have been trying to use the Washington University FTP daemon.  It will not
> allow me to login:

> It would seem that it should be a simple matter to fix this, but for the
> life of me, I don't know how.  In the past, I have used wu_ftpd without a
> hitch.  I think it is the crazy shadow-passwords database system that
> FreeBSD uses that is confusing the server???

Are you using the port? The port works fine...

> Also, please note the number in parentheses on my server (3):
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 220 net1.netview.net FTP server (Version wu-2.4(3) Mon Jul 1 10:07:50 EST
> 1996) ready.
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------

> The cdrom.com server is a bit different:
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 220 wcarchive.cdrom.com FTP server (Version wu-2.4(17) Sat Jun 22 21:37:48
> PDT 1996) ready.
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------

> What does that mean?  A revision number?

It's the number of times the program has been compiled.

Gary
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Gary Palmer                                          FreeBSD Core Team Member
FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info



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