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Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 09:23:42 -0500
From: Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: proftpd not run, and is gcc4 for cygwin coming?
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On Sat, Feb 19, 2005 at 08:26:43PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 19, 2005 at 04:40:18PM -0500, Jason Tishler wrote:
> >On Sat, Feb 19, 2005 at 03:09:08AM -0800, shih lin wrote:
> >> I had proftpd 1.2.10, pretty current, but it can not run at all
> >> 
> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> $ /usr/sbin/proftpd.exe
> >> outlawinn - unable to set uid to 18, current uid: 1007
> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >The above is expected.  Please read the README:
> >
> >    http://www.tishler.net/jason/software/proftpd/proftpd-1.2.10.README
> 
> Isn't this the README that comes with the distribution in
> /usr/share/doc/cygwin?

Yes.

> If so, it seems like that would be the best place to find
> documentation.

Yes, but I use URLs like the above when referring people to my READMEs
for convenience.  They can just click on a link instead of typing in a
shell.  Additionally, the above works even before they install the
package.

Jason

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