> 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). heyzeus(larry)$ grep root /etc/group root:x:0:larry i'd be concerned about how it got removed though, that's a bad thing. adam.
