fresh installation of sol 7, and when i look in /etc there is no
ftpusers. man ftpd still says it is there. on a sol8 machine it is
there.

where is it hiding?
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In article <1104994183.704655@irys.nyx.net>,
awouk@blackhole.nyx.net (arthur wouk) wrote:

> fresh installation of sol 7, and when i look in /etc there is no
> ftpusers. man ftpd still says it is there. on a sol8 machine it is
> there.
>
> where is it hiding?

IIRC, this file doesn't exist on the vanilla Solaris 7 install. SUN's
in.ftpd uses a default list of users if it doesn't find the file. You
have to create and populate it.

Read the man page for in.ftpd

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That file is used by a different ftp server (vsftpd I believe) I
believe Solaris 7 (been a while since I ran Sol 7) has the file
/etc/ftpaccess.

in.ftpd is the server that ships with Solaris 7 so check it's
documentation for exact info.

In article <1105020828.955328.258680@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups .com>,
Rhugga <rhugga@yahoo.com> wrote:
:
:That file is used by a different ftp server (vsftpd I believe) I
:believe Solaris 7 (been a while since I ran Sol 7) has the file
:/etc/ftpaccess.
:
:in.ftpd is the server that ships with Solaris 7 so check it's
:documentation for exact info.
:

no /etc/ftpaccess either. i guess i have to construct it myself (copy
it form a sol8 machine).
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The man page for in.ftpd should say which file it is looking for. I
believe by default the file contains users which should not be allowed
to ftp, so it includes your system accounts like root, bin, and etc...
The only time I have ever needed to touch the file was when I wanted
root to have ftp access. (and of course that opens up security issues)

Anyway, I think this was just a simple file contaning a single user per
line, so easy to construct.

In article <1105107492.079819.280520@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups .com>,
Rhugga <rhugga@yahoo.com> wrote:
:
:The man page for in.ftpd should say which file it is looking for. I
:believe by default the file contains users which should not be allowed
:to ftp, so it includes your system accounts like root, bin, and etc...
:The only time I have ever needed to touch the file was when I wanted
:root to have ftp access. (and of course that opens up security issues)
:
:Anyway, I think this was just a simple file contaning a single user per
:line, so easy to construct.
:

which i did. after i put it in, it was possible to get in to the sol7
machine besides using tip.

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