Re: anonymous ftp on linux

> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:19:36 -0500
> From: Richard Beaver <[email protected]>
> To: ftp question <[email protected]>
> Subject: anonymous ftp on linux
> 
> Recently we switched FTP service from unix to linux. Now it seems our 
> anonymous FTP does not work anymore. Anyone have any ideas why this 
> might have happened and what can I do to get it going again?

Do you have 'ftp' as a user in the passwd / shadow file?  That is normally
what is required to turn on anonymous ftp.

> 
> Thanks,
> Richard
> 

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