Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!mp.cs.niu.edu!rickert From: rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: WARNING! Message-ID: <1991Apr15.142811.1097@mp.cs.niu.edu> Date: 15 Apr 91 14:28:11 GMT References: <1991Apr15.140747.29793@hubcap.clemson.edu> Organization: Northern Illinois University Lines: 17 In article <1991Apr15.140747.29793@hubcap.clemson.edu> hubcap@hubcap.clemson.edu (System Janitor) writes: > >But the man page for ftpd (usually) also says something like: > > ~ftp/etc) Make this directory owned by the superuser and unwrit- > able by anyone. The files passwd(5) and group(5) must > be present for the ls command to work properly. I don't know about others, but I never interpreted this as implying that ~ftp/etc/passwd should have the same contents as /etc/passwd. I replaced all passwords with '*', and deleted most users from the copy we use. -- =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= Neil W. Rickert, Computer Science Northern Illinois Univ. DeKalb, IL 60115 +1-815-753-6940