Subject: Wu-ftpd configuration

From: [email-masked] (Junlei Zhang)
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 08:56:09 -0400

Does anyone know if the pathname.h file in wu-ftpd2.4.10 beta file can
be modified or have to be taken at the default falues?

I modified it, configured the server, created the related directories and
files.  But when I restarted the server, it is not doing anything as
configured.  For example, it's not logging any traffic, not checking
passwords.

I did run into a problem when I tried the kill HUP command.  First I
did ps -e |grep inetd to find the process id, then I did kill HUP process id.
But the system told me the process id was invalid, but killed it anyway
withour restarting a new one.  So I had to manually restart inetd. 

We do have a vanillar version of FTP running on our system (Solaris 2.5). 
I understand that the new in.ftpd replaced the old one.  Do I have to
do anything to modify any of the old configuration in terms of the 
library files?  Why is the new configuration not working?

Thanks for any input.

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From: Robert Burns <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 15:39:23 +0200

Hello,

I'm using WU-FTPD 2.4 on a SunOS 4.13_U1 platform. Does anyone know how I
can authorise different classes of users to upload to different directories.
the "upload" option in the ftpaccess applies to all classes of users.

I'm using the "guestgroup" option for certain users which I have defined to 
be administrators of the part of FTP directory tree.

The only solution I have found is that the admin users do a "real" connect to
the FTP server (no chroot ~ftp etc...).

Does anybody have any ideas ?

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From: "W. James Showalter" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 11:13:34 -0400 (EDT)

Robert,

What you may want to do is to set up special groups within the
/etc/ftpgroups file.  Then, you can create different directories within
the anonymous ftp directory.  By changing the group and access permissions
of these directories to conform to the real group in the /etc/ftpgroups
file, access to files and directories can be controlled by
group/password pairs. 

This requires the use of the SITE command.  And depending on which client
version of ftp you have you may need to send it via the QUOTE command.
Also, make certain these directories are not owned (or accessible) by
the owner, ftp.

Jim

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From: "W. James Showalter" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 11:17:00 -0400 (EDT)

Robert,

One correction to my earlier message.  The file, "ftpgroups," does not
necessarily need to be in /etc as my message implied.  Its location is 
determined via the pathnames.h file.

Jim