I may be beat up for asking this question, but I'll endure it if it
leads to an answer.
In the past, I've setup OpenBSD 3.8 ftpd servers that my users access
using Microsoft web folders. Everything works fine. A user double
clicks on the web folder and the contents of the ftp folder pops up
right away. Microsoft web folders is a way of creating a folder to
access an ftp server but make it look like a regular Windows explorer
folder. It is available by default in Microsoft 2000 and XP.
Now I've installed a couple of OpenBSD 3.9 ftpd servers which are
configure exactly like the OpenBSD 3.8 servers. But when a user
double-clicks on a web folder, a error message pops up saying that login
failed. At this point I click "login as" and click the "okay" button
because the username and password is saved already (this is on the
client-side). This results in a successful login.
So my question is, has there been a change in OpenBSD 3.9 from 3.8 that
caused ftp authentication that worked fine in 3.8 to not work in 3.9?
Why am I doing this setup? Our company buys big copier machines that
have scanning capabilities. In order to use the scanning capabilities,
the copier needs to send the scans to a server. I can setup a Microsoft
file server or I can setup a OpenBSD ftp server. So for maintenance,
security, cost and licensing administration reasons, I chose the OpenBSD
ftp server option.
- ftp problems with OpenBSD 3.9 Tim
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