Tags: patch
thanks
The templates file has
Template: wu-ftpd/anonymous
Type: boolean
Default: false
_Description: Do you want to allow anonymous ftp access?
Anonymous FTP allows users to log in to the server using the username
...
And the postinst does this
db_get wu-ftpd/anonymous
if [ "$RET" = "true" ]; then
$ADDFTPUSER --configure
else
$RMFTPUSER --configure
fi
where
ADDFTPUSER="/usr/sbin/addftpuser"
RMFTPUSER="/usr/sbin/rmftpuser"
and 'rmftpuser' does this:
my $itshomedir = (getpwnam("ftp"))[7];
exit(0) unless defined($itshomedir);
system ("userdel", "ftp") == 0 or die "Removal failed!\n";
userdel fails because there is an 'ftp' user in our NIS passwd map,
which getpwnam() manages to find.
Possible solutions I can think of:
1. Conflicts: nis (ugh)
2. default to allowing anonymous ftp (ugh)
3. exit(0) unless system("grep", $itshomedir, "/etc/passwd") == 0;
Patch for option 3 attached. Not pretty but it worked for me.
Cheers
Vince
Index: tags/2.6.2-30/debian/addftpuser
===================================================================
--- tags/2.6.2-30/debian/addftpuser (revision 506)
+++ tags/2.6.2-30/debian/addftpuser (working copy)
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
my $itshomedir = (getpwnam("ftp"))[7];
exit(0) unless defined($itshomedir);
+ # double-check ftp user is local to the machine
+ exit(0) unless system("grep", $itshomedir, "/etc/passwd") == 0;
system ("userdel", "ftp") == 0 or die "Removal failed!\n";
print STDERR "The anonymous FTP user has been successfully removed.\n";
