from ubuntu's webforum, I read a command to setup ftp server
sudo apt-get install proftpd
but my system response

E: Couldn't find package proftpd

please help

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charles wisely stated:

> from ubuntu's webforum, I read a command to setup ftp server
> sudo apt-get install proftpd
> but my system response
>
> E: Couldn't find package proftpd
>
> please help
Cold you please post your /etc/apt/sources.list file?

Regards,
Hans Poppe
--
There are 10 kinds of people, those who understand binary numbers, and those
who don't.

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On 17 Sep 2005 22:56:47 -0700, charles
<fsshl@yahoo.com> wrote:
> from ubuntu's webforum, I read a command to setup ftp server
> sudo apt-get install proftpd
> but my system response
>
> E: Couldn't find package proftpd
>
> please help
>
If you are using Ubuntu, you need to uncomment the "universe" lines in
/etc/apt/sources.list, and give the command:
sudo apt-get update


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thanks, it work, but I had subsequent question on ftp
after I make a user, ie user2ftp , by
sudo useradd user2ftp -p river0 -d /home/FTP-shared -s /bin/false

and modify
/etc/proftpd.conf


#VALID LOGINS
<Limit LOGIN>
AllowUser user2ftp
DenyALL
</Limit>


then use my other computer ftp://ip:1980

window xp promp out a login window
then I type in username: user2ftp
password: river0

but it response could not login ftp server as username password
specified

please help

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Hans Poppe wrote:
> charles wisely stated:
> 
> Cold you please post your /etc/apt/sources.list file?

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 5.10 _Breezy Badger_ - Preview i386 (20050908)]/
breezy main restricted


deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-updates main
restricted

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the
'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the
Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself
as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
security
## team.
# deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy universe

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security main
restricted

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu breezy-security universe

-------------/* E: couldn't find proftp or proftpd , when I apt-get
install proftp or proftpd*/-----------------------
-----------------------------------------

>
> Regards,
> Hans Poppe

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