Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:15:14 +1000 From: Hartleigh Burton <hburton@mraentertainment.com> To: Beech Rintoul <beech@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: proftpd vs PAM authentication Message-ID: <E6E4DDE3-637D-44A0-9E71-11D32340C8AF@mraentertainment.com> In-Reply-To: <200707161941.58068.beech@freebsd.org> References: <DA50E60D-20C3-4CD1-84C5-CB62EB8A952B@mraentertainment.com> <200707161941.58068.beech@freebsd.org>
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Thanks for the prompt reply Beech. Regards, Hartleigh. On 17/07/2007, at 1:41 PM, Beech Rintoul wrote: > On Monday 16 July 2007, Hartleigh Burton said: >> Hi everyone, >> >> I am relatively new to FreeBSD and have what I hope is a simple >> question regarding proftpd and PAM authentication. >> >> I have just installed proftpd via the available port, and after >> installation a message was returned saying: >> >> ### >> Make sure you have the following lines in your PAM configuration >> file so that ProFTPd's PAM module can authenticate users correctly. >> >> ftpd auth required pam_unix.so try_first_pass >> ftpd account required pam_unix.so try_first_pass >> ftpd session required pam_permit.so >> ### >> >> After reading into this I am confused as to where exactly I should >> be entering this information. According to the proftpd README file, >> in FreeBSD it likes to get this information from /etc/pam.conf, >> whereas LINUX looks in /etc/pam.d/ftp, and what topped it off for >> me is the / etc/pam.d/ftpd file. >> >> Where is the best place to have this configuration information; is >> it required considering there is already lines in /etc/pam.d/ftp; >> if required should I overwrite /etc/pam.d/ftp or append to the >> beginning/ end of the file? >> >> I hope there is enough information here for someone to help. Any >> help provided is greatly appreciated in advance ;) >> > > Actually that isn't required anymore and is a holdover from earlier > versions. The pam configuration for ftpd is in /etc/pam.d/ftpd and > already contains the required entries. I should probably just remove > it to avoid confusion. > > Beech - Proftpd Maintainer > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------- > Beech Rintoul - FreeBSD Developer - beech@FreeBSD.org > /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | FreeBSD Since 4.x > \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | http://www.freebsd.org > X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Latest Release: > / \ - http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/6.2R/announce.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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