Subject: Bonehead question about wu-ftpd 2.4 under Solaris 2.5

From: Chuck McDaniels <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 17:34:18 -0700 (PDT)

Hi:

I apologize for bothering the list with this, but this is a really 
annoying problem, and I probably just missed something obvious.  I've 
just recently installed wu-ftpd 2.4 on my Sparc LX, under Solaris 2.5.  
It works fine with one particularly annoying exception:  the 'dir' 
command (when given as an anonymous user) returns no output.  I can do 'ls' 
with no trouble, and 'dir' works fine when I ftp in under my regular account.

Can anyone point me to this (hopefully) obvious solution?  I really think 
I followed the instructions for installation, and I've installed other 
things on my Sparc LX, but this is most curious.

Thanks for any help, and I will be glad to summarize to the list what I hear.

Chuck

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 96 11:05:28 0500

Chuck,

It looks like you need to either 1) compile a version of ls which is
statically linked so that the shared libraries are not necessary, or 2)
copy what you need from /usr/lib up to the ~ftp root so that they are
available after ftpd does its chroot for anonymous logins.  

If you choose 2) above, Solaris' original man page on ftpd will give you
the details of which libraries need to be duplicated in the ~ftp root.

Garry Williams
America Net, Inc.

>command (when given as an anonymous user) returns no output.  I can do
>'ls'  with no trouble, and 'dir' works fine when I ftp in under my
>regular account.

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