On Wed Feb 24, 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.
Proftpd is totally self-contained. You don't need special bin/ or lib/ subdirectories, even for anonymous ftp. Noel
