Re: [Proftpd-user] ftpasswd --group question

> Thanks for the quick response.   I have another related question.  I am
> assuming that a group can contain multiple users.

Yes.

> Executing the 2 commands in succession 
> ftpasswd --group --file /sftp-config/proftpd.group --name  business_users
>  --gid 1200 --member  john   ftpasswd --group --file
> /sftp-config/proftpd.group --name  business_users  --gid 1200 --member 
> mary
> 
> 
> should be identical to 
> ftpasswd --group --file /sftp-config/proftpd.group --name  business_users
>  --gid 1200 --member  john  --member mary
> 
> 
> But it looks like using the first method, the 2nd command  will overwrite
> the first entry in group file.  In the above case,  john was added to the
> group file and then marry overwrites his entry.

Unfortunately yes, ftpasswd, used as above, does not *add* the new
member, but rathers *sets* the members of the existing group to just the
list of members specified.  I've filed another ticket to handle this use
case (adding a new member to an existing group):

  https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/issues/625

Cheers,
TJ

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