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

1999-11-22 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: > Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: > > > what wuftp version you use ? i think i have fixed all these thing in > > wu-ftpd-2.6-2mdk. > > Where can I find it? I've look on the mdk ftp site and some mirrors and > can't find 2.6-2. > Try rpmfind.net. John

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

1999-11-21 Thread Derek Simkowiak
> -What would that be? I've enabled the MD5+shadow and reset my password > -but I still can't ftp in as myself. > Is the ftpd package installed? It is not installed by default. After you try logging in with FTP (and it fails), and error message should be written to the file /var/log/mes

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

1999-11-21 Thread Sheldon Lee Wen
Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: > what wuftp version you use ? i think i have fixed all these thing in > wu-ftpd-2.6-2mdk. Where can I find it? I've look on the mdk ftp site and some mirrors and can't find 2.6-2. -- == Sheldon

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

1999-11-21 Thread 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 -

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

1999-11-21 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, you wrote: > > what wuftp version you use ? i think i have fixed all these thing in > > wu-ftpd-2.6-2mdk. > > Where can I get it? It's not on your ftp server or on a couple of the > mirrors > I checked. > Have you tried looking in "cooker"??? Try going to www.rpmfind.net and

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

1999-11-21 Thread Sheldon Lee Wen
Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: > > Sheldon Lee Wen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 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

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

1999-11-21 Thread Sheldon Lee Wen
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. Sheldon. -- ==

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

1999-11-17 Thread Derek Simkowiak
> - Further testing is necessary to identify the exact cause of this > -bug. > > It should be fixed of course but why would anyone want to not use MD5 > and shadow passwords? If you have a passwd file maintenance system with dozens (or hundreds) of users, you may not want to force ev

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

1999-11-17 Thread Stephen Carville
On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, you wrote: -> I thought 'normal users' are by default allowed to ftp to their home -> directory. - - They are. It breaks if you turn off MD5 and/or Shadowed -passwords. - - Further testing is necessary to identify the exact cause of this -bug. It should be fixed

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

1999-11-17 Thread Derek Simkowiak
I REPEAT: This is broken if you did not enable MD5 and/or Shadow password support when you installed Mandrake. See prior messages for details. --Derek On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Stephen Carville wrote: > On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, you wrote: > -does the anonftp allow for more than anonymous ftp?

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

1999-11-17 Thread Derek Simkowiak
> I thought 'normal users' are by default allowed to ftp to their home > directory. They are. It breaks if you turn off MD5 and/or Shadowed passwords. Further testing is necessary to identify the exact cause of this bug. --Derek

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

1999-11-17 Thread Derek Simkowiak
I just finished a thread dealing with this. The problem probably has something to do with PAM config. This happened to me when I disabled MD5 and Shadow Passwords. To fix the problem, run "setup" as root, then change your Auth Config to enable MD5 and shadow passwords. --Derek On Wed, 17 Nov

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

1999-11-17 Thread Stephen Carville
On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, you wrote: -does the anonftp allow for more than anonymous ftp? No and you probably shouldn't use anonymous ftp for this. -I have been trying -to allow a user ftp access to a web directory and haven't been -successful. Check that he had a password (ftp will not allow a u

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

1999-11-17 Thread Herman Van Keer (softouch)
Timothy Litwiller wrote: > does the anonftp allow for more than anonymous ftp? I have been trying > to allow a user ftp access to a web directory and haven't been > successful. I thought 'normal users' are by default allowed to ftp to their home directory. What is the problem: Are they not abl

[expert] how do I allow users to ftp in

1999-11-17 Thread Timothy Litwiller
does the anonftp allow for more than anonymous ftp? I have been trying to allow a user ftp access to a web directory and haven't been successful.

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

1999-01-16 Thread Stephen Carville
On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, you wrote: -Stephen Carville wrote: - -> The MD5 hash is a much stronger method at least in the sense it is -> more resistant to dictionary attacks. In some recent tests I did -> using a PII-450 running Mandrake 6.0 and john the ripper, the MD5 hash -> look about 10 times as

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

1999-01-16 Thread Steve Philp
Derek Simkowiak wrote: > > > 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. > > Can you tell me where to find this utility? What is it called? I believe it's called pwc

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

1999-01-16 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Derek Simkowiak wrote: > > 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. > > Can you tell me where to find this utility? What is it called? pwconv

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

1999-01-16 Thread Derek Simkowiak
> 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. Can you tell me where to find this utility? What is it called? Thank You, Derek Simkowiak [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

1999-01-16 Thread Herman Van Keer (softouch)
Stephen Carville wrote: > The MD5 hash is a much stronger method at least in the sense it is > more resistant to dictionary attacks. In some recent tests I did > using a PII-450 running Mandrake 6.0 and john the ripper, the MD5 hash > look about 10 times as long to yield as DES Can you give som

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

1999-01-16 Thread Eric Dexter
At 11:11 AM 11/18/1999 +0100, you wrote: >:~>> It should be fixed of course but why would anyone want to not use MD5 >:~>> and shadow passwords? >:~> >:~>If you have a passwd file maintenance system with dozens (or >:~>hundreds) of users, you may not want to force everybody to re-create their

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

1999-01-16 Thread Singer XJ Wang
On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Denis Havlik wrote: > :~>> It should be fixed of course but why would anyone want to not use MD5 > :~>> and shadow passwords? > :~> > :~> If you have a passwd file maintenance system with dozens (or > :~>hundreds) of users, you may not want to force everybody to re-create

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

1999-01-16 Thread Singer XJ Wang
On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Derek Simkowiak wrote: > > - Further testing is necessary to identify the exact cause of this > > -bug. > > > > It should be fixed of course but why would anyone want to not use MD5 > > and shadow passwords? > > If you have a passwd file maintenance system with do

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

1999-01-16 Thread Stephen Carville
On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, you wrote: -:~>> It should be fixed of course but why would anyone want to not use MD5 -:~>> and shadow passwords? -:~> -:~>If you have a passwd file maintenance system with dozens (or -:~>hundreds) of users, you may not want to force everybody to re-create their -:~>passw

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

1999-01-16 Thread Steve Philp
Derek Simkowiak wrote: > > > - Further testing is necessary to identify the exact cause of this > > -bug. > > > > It should be fixed of course but why would anyone want to not use MD5 > > and shadow passwords? > > If you have a passwd file maintenance system with dozens (or > hundred

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

1999-01-16 Thread Denis Havlik
:~>> It should be fixed of course but why would anyone want to not use MD5 :~>> and shadow passwords? :~> :~> If you have a passwd file maintenance system with dozens (or :~>hundreds) of users, you may not want to force everybody to re-create their :~>passwords when you can just copy the old p