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Date:      Tue, 26 Aug 2003 17:42:41 +0200
From:      "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Evren Yurtesen <eyurtese@tekniikka.turkuamk.fi>
Cc:        freebsd-docs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ftpd man page is little bit wrong
Message-ID:  <20030826154240.GD403@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.A41.4.10.10308260623310.22754-100000@bessel.tekniikka.turkuamk.fi>

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On 2003.08.26 06:24:49 +0300, Evren Yurtesen wrote:
> I tried to use -u option of ftpd without any success for 2 hours!
> Then I thought lets see whats going on inside the sources...
> Voila, the -u option is overridden by login.conf
> 
>         /* May be overridden by login.conf */         
>         (void) umask(defumask); 
> 
> Cant anybody put this into the man page of ftpd so that people will know
> why their -u option doesnt work? :) I was really mad at ftpd

I have actually had this on my TODO list for some time, but I haven't
gotten around to looking at it yet.  If you want to get this fixed
faster, the best way is to send a PR (with send-pr) about the problem,
and even better included a patch to update the manual page.

-- 
Simon L. Nielsen
FreeBSD Documentation Team

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