Topic: FTP Problems

[geoff]

Hello,

I create a user using e-smith version 3.1 and then I try and login with FTP under that account and I get an incorrect password message. I have tried this with every user I have setup on the machine and it is always the same result. Any ideas?? Also, how can I setup a printer to share amongst my windoze computers? I know I need to use Samba, but is SWAT setup or what?? Thanks
-geoff

[Joseph Morrison]

Hello Geoff,

There is one known bug in e-smith 3.1; a missing PAM file which accounts for your FTP problem. To fix, create the file /etc/pam.d/ftp with the following five lines:

#%PAM-1.0
auth       required     /lib/security/pam_listfile.so item=user sense=deny file=/etc/ftpusers onerr=succeed
auth       required     /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so shadow nullok
account    required     /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so
session    required     /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so                                                                                      

> Also, how can I setup a printer to share amongst my
> windoze computers? I know I need to use Samba, but is SWAT
> setup or what?? Thanks -geoff

Printer sharing is not supported in 3.1. However it is supported in the upcoming version 4.0 (which also fixes the FTP bug and adds many new features). You might want to try the beta e-smith 4.0b6 - it is quite mature now (the first 4.0 beta was released last December 22). There are no known bugs in 4.0b6, and if no more bugs are reported for two weeks it will be released as 4.0.

Good luck and best regards,
- Joe

[geoff]

Hi Joseph,

Thanks for the help with the FTP problem.
Regarding 4.0b6, I downloaded it yesterday with v3.1 but my server computer is really picky with what it will install and what it will not. While installing 4.0b6 it just quit, it is a  memory problem. I had these same problems when installing mandrake 7.0 so I have given up on it Thanks again

-geoff
Joseph Morrison wrote:

> Hello Geoff,
>
> There is one known bug in e-smith 3.1; a missing PAM file which
> accounts for your FTP problem. To fix, create the file
> /etc/pam.d/ftp with the following five lines:
>
> #%PAM-1.0 auth       required     /lib/security/pam_listfile.so
> item=user sense=deny file=/etc/ftpusers onerr=succeed auth
> required     /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so shadow nullok account
> required     /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so session    required
> /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so
>
> > Also, how can I setup a printer to share amongst my >
> windoze computers? I know I need to use Samba, but is SWAT >
> setup or what?? Thanks -geoff
>
> Printer sharing is not supported in 3.1. However it is
> supported in the upcoming version 4.0 (which also fixes the FTP
> bug and adds many new features). You might want to try the beta
> e-smith 4.0b6 - it is quite mature now (the first 4.0 beta was
> released last December 22). There are no kn....