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From: dold@mitisft.Convergent.COM (Clarence Dold)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: why does anonymous ftp need /etc/passwd?
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Date: 6 Feb 91 00:56:25 GMT
References: <MEYER.91Feb4200735@cambium.uoregon.edu>
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in article <MEYER.91Feb4200735@cambium.uoregon.edu>, meyer@cambium.uoregon.edu (David M. Meyer) says:

> 	Why does ftpd want you to have ~ftp/etc/{passwd,group}

ftpd wants to find the default shell for the user.
It checks $SHELL and /etc/passwd.

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