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From: Dmitrij Tejblum <dima@tejblum.dnttm.rssi.ru>
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Subject: docs/3050: An error in the manpage ftpd.8
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>Number:         3050
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       An error in the manpage ftpd.8
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Mar 21 04:40:01 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Dmitrij Tejblum
>Organization:
CompTek
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386
>Environment:

FreeBSD 2.2 and -current

>Description:

The ftpd(8) man page says:

     Ftpd authenticates users according to five rules.

      1.   The login name must be in the password data base, /etc/pwd.db,
           and not have a null password.  ....

But /etc/pwd.db is not the password data base. First, passwords are in
/etc/spwd.db. Second, the password database may be a NIS database.

>How-To-Repeat:


>Fix:
	
Remove /etc/pwd.db from that phrase.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: