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Date:      Fri, 24 Jul 1998 11:37:40 -0400
From:      Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com>
To:        Kurt Kohlmyer <kohlmyek@asgdpw.wuerzburg.army.mil>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Anonymous FTP
Message-ID:  <19980724113740.A21634@flarn.dyn.ml.org>
In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19980724065625.008ef82c@mesb.asgdpw.wuerzburg.army.mil>; from Kurt Kohlmyer on Fri, Jul 24, 1998 at 08:56:25AM %2B0200
References:  <2.2.32.19980724065625.008ef82c@mesb.asgdpw.wuerzburg.army.mil>

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On Fri, Jul 24, 1998 at 08:56:25AM +0200, Kurt Kohlmyer wrote:

> I copied everything from /var/ftp to /usr/ftp, made sure of all the
> permissions and changed FTP's home directory in /etc/passwd to /usr/ftp but
> anonymous ftp logins still come in to /var/ftp.  

Did you really edit /etc/passwd?  If so, that is your problem.  You
should edit the password file using "vipw", which will present you
with a copy of /etc/master.passwd to edit.  When you are done, it
will regenerate /etc/passwd and the databases (pwd.db and spwd.db)
from it.

You can also use chpass to edit one user's home directory, shell,
and so forth.  It formats the fields in a more readable way that is
a little easier to read, IMO.

-- 
Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com> * Stay close to the Vorlon.
http://www.pobox.com/~mph/pgp.key for PGP public key 0x67203349.

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