> Yeah, don't waste any more time configuring/learning Wu-Ftpd. If at all > possible, you should be using scp or sftp. If you *must* run an ftpd, > don't use wu-ftpd. It has a history of nasties (exploits) and many > knowledgeable people seem to think there are more waiting. > Read this: > http://linuxmafia.com/pub/linux/security/ftp-daemons > > I'm not sure if Rick keeps it up to date, but at one time it was a nice > appraisal of the various ftpd's. > > To try and answer your question: > 1) Do you need to tell ftpd to re-read its config files? The easiest > way is to restart the service. > 2) Check the log files. > 3) You should be getting a generic login failure which should not give > you enough info to determine whether the "password is wrong" or the > "user is wrong" (that would let bad people guess valid usernames) > So, rather than a bad password, your failed login probably indicates > that ftpd does not know about your new user. Does your new user need > a valid shell? Is her shell listed in /etc/shells? > > I probably should have waited for someone with more wu-ftpd experience > to answer, but I'm avoiding work. :) > > -troy > >
Well, you're right, I am getting a generic login error. You see the problem in using another service is that I need a FTP service that will allow multiple guest account logins and that will Chroot each guest user into his/her directory. So far the only FTP service that I've found that will do this properly is WU-FTPD. VSFTPD does allow virtual users but it sticks them all into one directory, which isn't what I want. I don't know if ProFTPD works very well, because each time I've used it, it's been a bad experience. I have do have the proper shell listed in the /etc/shells file also and of course I've started WU-FTPD many times :) Thomas _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
