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Re: [ts-7000] Re: Creating a working ftp account on my TS-7400 (proftpd)

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Re: Creating a working ftp account on my TS-7400 (proftpd)
From: Jim Jackson <>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 23:45:27 +0000 (GMT)


On Mon, 11 Dec 2006, inakizi wrote:

> Correct, I guess I din't explain myself correctly. I followed the code
> of the Login process (puting some printf instructions on the busybox
> code) for an already created user. Everything went perfect until the
> setgid and setuid functions. Just after that, the busybox login tries
> to change current dir to the user folder (/home/testuser) and

What does

  ls -ld / /home /home/testuser

  grep testuser /etc/passwd

give?

Jim

> everything is correct when the chdir function is called but it couldn't
> change to that folder, is like it has not enough permissions to do it.
> Samething happens a little bit after that when it tries to create a
> shell.
> This leads me to believe that there's some kind of problem when this
> functions are called but you are right there are probably hundreds of
> reasons to make those function fails that had nothing to do with the
> kernel code.
> Everything works perfect if the user that is logged in is root.
> --- In  Jim Jackson <> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > and using users on the TS-7400,
> > > ....... I guess the problem is with the
> > > kernel but I haven't figured out what it is yet but I think that the
> > > kernel functions setgid and setuid are not working in the TS-7400.
> >
> > I would assume this ONLY after every other possibility is exhausted.
> > The chances of these kernel functions not working are infinitessimally
> > small.
> >
>
>
>


 
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