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From: Terry Dawson
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 00:00

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JENKINS ROBERT (jenr95@octarine.adfa.oz.au) wrote:

: 	I'm having a bit of trouble with ftp and host name
: look-ups. Specifically, while root has no trouble, any user
: gets the message:
: 
: 	ftp: sunsite.unc.edu: Host name lookup failure

Check that /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/hosts.conf are readable by all.

: 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? In fact, now that I've checked, it doesn't seem to
: do anything. Any ideas?

My debian system version 1.1 certainly has an ftpd that respects
/etc/ftpusers.

Terry

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