Re: problems w/ proftpd

[Pollywog <pollywog@shadypond.com>]

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