Re: [expert] how do I allow users to ftp in

[Stephen Carville]

Do you have ftpd commented out in /etc/inetd.conf?

Is the ftpd package installed?  It is not installed by default.

On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote:
-Steve,
-
-> Even IF you turn on MD5, you can still have legacy passwords in
-> /etc/passwd.  There's also a conversion utility to convert a legacy
-> passwd file to shadowed.
-
-What would that be? I've enabled the MD5+shadow and reset my password
-but I still can't ftp in as myself.

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