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From: Morty
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 00:00

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>P.S. The file /etc/ftpusers is meant to be a list of users who cannot
>use the ftp command. Why then, if root is listed in this file, can I
>use ftp as root?

Because root can do anything it likes. :-]

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