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From:	"Tom Weichmann" <tomcw AT localnet DOT com>
To:	cygwin <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Date:	Tue, 23 May 2000 12:57:46 -0700
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Subject:	Re: ftpd + Win98 = security hole
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Corinna,

> I have just checked that on a W2K and a W98 system. /etc/ftpusers does
> actually prevent login.

> I have checked out another situation: If you have binary mounts
> and your ftpusers file has DOS line endings (\r\n) ftpd is
> unable to prevent logins via ftpusers. That's the only possible
> reason I can see so I suggest to check your ftpusers line endings.
> 
> I will change that in the next release of inetutils so that
> such configuration files are always opened in textmode. Then
> you may have both styles of line endings regardless of the
> mount mode.

All of my mounts are binary mounts, so that should not be the 
problem.  For some reason /etc/ftpusers will not prevent the login.  
I moved ftpusers to /usr/local/etc/ftpusers, and this did the trick.  

Thanks,

Tom Weichmann

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