On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Jasper Frumau <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Glenn English <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Feb 7, 2010, at 7:44 AM, Jasper Frumau wrote: >> >> > I just added ProFTPD and I am adjusting the ProFTPD configuration file. >> I need to add ftp user and group. I went to system preferences > accounts >> and added group ftp. When I wanted to add user ftp it said the name was >> already reserved. I decided to abort and remove newly created group fpt.. So >> I guess a user ftp is already there. >> >> My understanding is that users 'ftp' and 'anonymous' are reserved for >> anonymous FTP, and are therefore disallowed for real users. > > > I see. > > >> They aren't real in that they aren't in the passwd file, but there is a >> /home/ftp directory, > > > There is now home/ftp directory on my Mac. I have: > > $ pwd > /opt/local/bin > $ ls | grep ftp > ftpcount > ftpdctl > ftptop > ftpwho > > Found those with hints in man proftpd > > > >> created by the FTP server (I don't do anon FTP myself). >> > > I guess U could turn that off (comment it out) too. I just use this local > FTP server to run some OS CMS locally for testing > >> >> > How can I check this from the command line? >> >> 'cat /etc/passwd' -- the user names are the first thing in the lines. >> That's how it works on other unices, anyway. OS X seems to have put my >> username somewhere else; there are lots of names there, but I'm not in that >> list. > > > Mine isn't either > When I checked /etc/passwd one more time I read: cat /etc/passwd ## # User Database # # Note that this file is consulted directly only when the system is running # in single-user mode. At other times this information is provided by # Open Directory. # # This file will not be consulted for authentication unless the BSD local node # is enabled via /Applications/Utilities/Directory Utility.app # # See the DirectoryService(8) man page for additional information about # Open Directory. I cannot find an app Directory Utility in my Snow Leopard apps though. I am reading more about Open Directory and Mac now...
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