[NMLUG] bashrc error

[SeanL at dpsabq.com (Sean Leffler)]

Just to let any who care, it had to do with a group permission in the
root of the ftp directory. I'm not sure how or what changed, but I got
it back...With out having to wuss out and wipe it... Yay, small
victories....


-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Leffler 
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 10:33 AM
To: 'nmosug-l@mailman.swcp.com'; 'nmlug@nmlug.org'
Subject: bashrc error...

Hi all,

I have a ProFTP server that uses simple username/passwords to keep users
directories separate.

Something went wonky and I'm not sure what. 
 
One of my users just told me that for the past few weeks (weeks!) they
have not been able to get on the ftp site. When you logon, instead of
dumping the user into the appropriate directory, they get a 550 error
and get placed in the /ftp/pub directory and cannot get into their
assigned directory. (/ftp/pub/uptown in this case)

Ok now for more strangeness, when I go in and su to the appropriate
account, it gives me this:

bash: /home/ftp/pub/uptown/.bashrc: Permission denied

the passwd entry for this user is:
uptown:x:506:506::/home/ftp/pub/uptown:/bin/bash

You can see that it supposed to (and used to) dump the ftp user into
their specific directory, which is used to do, but now, no dice...

This has apparently happened to all of the ftp accounts except one. (I'm
not sure why the one is not affected.)

Googling specific ProFTP/bashrc errors turned up little, and googling
bashrc errors turned up thousands. 

Has anyone seen this behavior before? I would rather not have to wipe it
and start over  (seems like cheating...)

Thanks,
Sean