Re: ftp daemon

[Carey Evans <c.evans@clear.net.nz>]

Robert Rati <ratirh@cs.purdue.edu> writes:

> I upgraded the proftp package, and now when I boot, I get this error
> messaage:
> 
> module: linuxprivs: kernel does not support capabilities, disabling.
> 
> What capability is it talking about and when do I need to inlcude in the
> kernel?  Tia.

"capabilities" is a new security feature in the development (2.1.x)
Linux kernels.

proftpd is probably trying to use these for extra security, but will
be the same as before if you're running 2.0.35.

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