On 14.12.2016 15:16, Francesco Paolo Lovergine wrote: Hi Francesco,
> I would close this bug mainly as an old configuration issue. > > At the time I added Include /etc/proftpd/conf.d > as a way to add a whole set of configuration files. The ~ for backup file is a > convention (e.g. Emacs), so basically any plain file will be included, so the > admin should > ensure to include only valid and not redundant configuration files. > > That said, _now_ I would use something like: > > Include /etc/proftpd/conf.d/*.conf > > which would obsolete this bug. This is _now_ a valid and supported include > clause (not at the time of my first change in the configuration file). > Changing that could add now more headaches for the poor maintainer, with > people complaining about supposed broken configurations and so on. > Meanwhile I agree w/ you that this is not a bug, I'd simply leave a comment in the proftpd.conf that users should care about backup files *~, *.bak etc. Changing the default clause to /etc/proftpd/conf.d/*.conf seems a little bit invasive to me. Hilmar -- #206401 http://counter.li.org
