Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:46:51 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> Cc: danger@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/99912: Wrong documentation of /etc/ftpchroot Message-ID: <20060825194651.338dfb0b.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <C114C7A1.15343%ceri@submonkey.net> References: <200608221830.k7MIUO8a000355@freefall.freebsd.org> <C114C7A1.15343%ceri@submonkey.net>
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On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:28:33 +0100 Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> wrote: > On 22/8/06 19:30, "Daniel Gerzo" <danger@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > > The following reply was made to PR docs/99912; it has been noted by GNATS. > > > > From: Daniel Gerzo <danger@FreeBSD.org> > > To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, jakub.siroky@atlas.cz > > Cc: > > Subject: Re: docs/99912: Wrong documentation of /etc/ftpchroot > > Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:23:26 +0200 > > > > Hello bug-followup, > > > > This is actually not described in ftpchroot manual page, but in > > ftpd.conf(5). I'm not sure if the described steps work though. The > > main problem is that the ftpd.conf(5) belongs to lukemftpd, which is > > contributed software from NetBSD and if the described process does > > not work, there is not much we can do about it. We don't usually > > modify contributed files. I would rather recommend you to address > > this to NetBSD team, if this is the case. > > No, because the problem is that the documentation is correct on NetBSD. The > problem arises because we have two different ftpd implementations that > conflict badly. > > Personally I think that we should remove lukemftpd from the tree, or at > least strongly urge the maintainer to correct these conflicts on import. > Unfortunately there's not a good history of any response to this matter. I've often thought of making these requests. -- Tom Rhodes
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