Subj : Moving the system...
To   : Vincent Coen
From : Janis Kracht
Date : Sat Jul 24 2021 11:52 am

> Hello Janis!

> Wednesday July 21 2021 19:15, you wrote to Sean Dennis:

>> I'm still having problems with ftp passwords for some of my users,
>> like user "filegate".  That user is the only one who is allowed to
>> upload files on my ftp server and doggone it, I just can't get it to
>> work.  I have authors who send me files that way, and I really thought
>> I had it squared away, but it's not working yet.  So... authors are
>> emailing me files to my gmail address (jmklou@gmail.com).  Quite the
>> bummer...


> Check what content is in /etc/ftpusers, check /etc/passwd for the filegate
> user
> account and for the password is set using your system tool for the operation.


Yes, those were all ok... and I got it to work ... I just needed to be a non-root user who su-ed to user filegate... and drink more coffee .. :)

Take care,
Janis

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