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Date:      Tue, 17 Mar 1998 07:05:30 -0600 (CST)
From:      "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
To:        Thomas Wahyudi <1193016@student.unpar.ac.id>
Cc:        aj@gims.net, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How do I
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980317070355.13498J-100000@shell.futuresouth.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980317190223.25203B-100000@student.unpar.ac.id>

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On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Thomas Wahyudi wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Mar 1998 aj@gims.net wrote:
> 
> #How do I change the root directory of my ftp daemon.  It is currently
> #pointing to
> #/var/ftp  and I want it to point to /home/ftp.  I changed the
> #/etc/passwd and the /etc/master.passwd file but that doesn't seem to be
> #it.  What file is controling it?
> have you try using ln -s ?
Won't work once it's chroot'd.
You have to make ~ftp be /home/ftp, and USE VIPW!!
10 to 1, you didn't remake the hashes after you changed it.
do this (assuming you changed the home dir)
# cd /etc
# pwd_mkdb -p master.passwd

And it should work

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