On 07-Apr-2000 01:43:46 Adam Shand wrote: > >> i am getting an error now after updating my kernel >> >> the ftpd deamon says: - Fatal: Group: Unknown group 'root': >> >> therefore the service doesn't start >> any suggestion before i hose down the system?? > > do you have a group called root in your /etc/group file? i'll bet > $$ that > you don't (or that your /etc/group isn't readable by the user that > proftpd > runs as).
I thought all Debian installations had the group "root". -- Andrew