Package: wu-ftpd Version: 2.4-23 Package: netstd Version: 2.06-1 The man pages ftpd(8) and wu-ftpd(8) are both present on my system [Debian 1.1 kernel 2.0.0. #8] and they slightly differ from each other. However, both say, that for anonymous ftp you need to "have ls(1) in ~ftp/bin with mode 111". That's not enough. I had to download fileutils source and recompile ls to be statically linked [using LDFLAGS=-static ./configure]. Without this step the anon ftp does not return directory listing, neither it reports any error message. It's a trap for beginners (like me).
Suggested steps: 1. remove one of the man pages above and make it a link to the other, and 2. include a note about the neccessity of further investigation regarding ls linking, or 2. include the statically linked ls in wu-ftpd package. Anyway, what's the doubled *ftpd good for? The in.ftpd [or ftpd(8)] seems to me the same as wu-ftpd(8)..... And the same maintainer... -- Robert Komanec mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] UMEL FEI VUT check out if http://www.umel.fee.vutbr.cz is alive
