Re: ftpd and nis

[erakeon <ken@switchboard.ericsson.se>]

Michel Kaempf wrote:

> 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
>

I use the standard one that's included in netbase (I think).
ftp             stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  /usr/sbin/in.ftpd

I guess that i could change to proftpd if that is working.