Re: ftpd and nis

[Michel Kaempf <maxx@via.ecp.fr>]

On Mon, May 03, 1999, Kenneth Johansson wrote:
> I have a problem with ftp to debian when it is configured to use nis.
> 
> Everything works OK as long as I have a normal user entry in /etc/passwd
> but when I take the user account infomation from nis fptd wont allow the
> user to connect. Telnet and other stuff works so its related only to
> ftpd I think.

What is your ftp server ? If your ftp server is proftpd, you have to add
the following line to /etc/proftpd.conf in order to have proftpd work
with NIS passwords :

PersistentPasswd off

Maybe there is something similar to add to the other ftp servers
configuration file...

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MaXX