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Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:46:51 -0400
From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: docs/99912: Wrong documentation of /etc/ftpchroot
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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