wu-ftpd package weirdnesses
Hiya All,
I'm new to Debian -- just installed -- and am trying to get things set
up as I had them on my Slackware machine (approximately ;). Using
dselect, I installed the wu-ftpd package (that's what came with
Slackware, and I got the impression it was 'better' than the default
Debian ftpd), and I've run into some problems/questions. . . .
1. The package didn't appear to do any setup -- no /home/ftp/ tree was
ever installed. I created directories and am going to set permissions
based on how it was in Slackware, but I wonder about the group and
passwd files (how do I make them, since they're not exact copies of
the ones in /etc).
2. Slackware's setup holds a /home/ftp/bin/ls which is about 4 times
the size of its [Slackware's] /bin/ls. (I can't compare the Debian
one right now, sorry.) The Debian package doesn't appear to have
shipped with anything analogous (unless it's hidden somewhere I
haven't looked, which is very possible). Can I just copy the one from
Slackware? The kernel versions are quite different (Slackare =
1.2.13, Debian = 2.0.something) -- is it okay to use the old ls? Why
is it so big -- statically linked, versus dynamically linked,
libraries? And Does that make it okay to use Slackware's wu-ftpd's
ls, despite the difference in kernel versions?
3. Finally, what's considered a 'bug' in a package? I think the
Debian wu-ftpd package should prompt for where to put the ftp
hierarchy of directories, and then put in the appropriate passwd,
group, and ls files (as needed). Defaulting to /home, or wherever is
'correct' according to the Linux filesystem spec., would be nice. Do
I just e-mail the package maintainer, or is there some Debian
bug-reporting method I should be using?
Thanks in advance, and I'm sorry if any of these questions or comments
sound stupid. . . .
Kendall
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