On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Pollywog wrote:

 : 
 : On 24-Feb-99 Jesse Jacobsen wrote:
 : > I missed the first part of this thread, but was wondering... do you have
 : > separate /home/ftp/bin and /home/ftp/lib/ and /home/ftp/etc directories?
 : > You need those under /home/ftp/ because the ftpd automatically changes
 : > the root directory to /home/ftp.  There should be a list somewhere in
 : > the docs as to what files you need there.  Pay special attention to the
 : > permissions on those directories and files.  Also, I've noticed that
 : > updates to the wu-ftpd package occasionally re-copy the appropriate
 : > programs and libraries, so that the correct versions are available for
 : > anonymous ftp use under /home/ftp/.
 : 
 : I installed Proftpd not wu-ftpd and those subdirectories are absent.
 : Someone told me that is normal for a Debian install.  I suppose it won't be a
 : problem unless I want to have anonymous ftp logins.

Proftp doesn't use those directories.

RTFM http://www.proftpd.org/ and /usr/doc/proftpd/configuration.html

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