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Article #291Re: wuarchive ftpd woes
From: Bernhard Nocker
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 11:13
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 11:13
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In article <9207252319.AA01144@borg.lib.vt.edu> jpowell@BORG.LIB.VT.EDU (James Powell) writes: > I successfully installed the wuarchive ftpd, and had it working for a > day and a half, only to have it break not long after attempting to > install a wais server (wais-8.b4). The welcome banner (banner.msg) > displayed when someone ftp's to my machine is displayed but after the > user enters a userid (anonymous or whatever), a message is returned > saying the service is not available. I really really need the > logging and message capabilities of this daemon for a project I am > working on. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > James Powell > University Libraries, VPI & SU > jpowell@borg.lib.vt.edu (nextmail) There is a file called ftpaccess, which should be placed correctly (e.g. /etc ) AND should contain the correct entries that match your situation. Especially the line class local real,anonymous nobugs friday nanno xxx.xxx.xxx.* 0.0.0.0 is important for users to gain access. Replace the xxx.xxx.xxx with the site part of your internet address and everything should work fine. -- Bernhard Nocker Beware root :-) University of Salzburg's Department of Computing Studies Jakob-Haringerstr. 5 5020 Salzburg Austria, Europe +43-662-8044/6750 bnocker@cosy.sbg.ac.at
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!news.univie.ac.at!cosy.sbg.ac.at!news From: bnocker@cosy.sbg.ac.at (Bernhard Nocker) Subject: Re: wuarchive ftpd woes Message-ID: <1992Jul29.111303.1427@cosy.sbg.ac.at> Sender: news@cosy.sbg.ac.at Organization: University of Salzburg References: <9207252319.AA01144@borg.lib.vt.edu> Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 11:13:03 GMT Lines: 29