ProFTPD | Add group and user FTP

[Peter B. West]

On 08/02/2010, at 2:06 AM, Jasper Frumau wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Jasper Frumau <jasperfrumau at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
...
> 'cat /etc/passwd' -- the user names are the first thing in the lines. That's how it works on other unices, anyway. OS X seems to have put my username somewhere else; there are lots of names there, but I'm not in that list.
> 
> Mine isn't either
> 
> When I checked /etc/passwd one more time I read:
> 
>  cat /etc/passwd
> ##
> # User Database
> # 
> # Note that this file is consulted directly only when the system is running
> # in single-user mode.  At other times this information is provided by
> # Open Directory.
> #
> # This file will not be consulted for authentication unless the BSD local node
> # is enabled via /Applications/Utilities/Directory Utility.app
> # 
> # See the DirectoryService(8) man page for additional information about
> # Open Directory.
>   
> I cannot find an app Directory Utility in my Snow Leopard apps though. I am reading more about Open Directory and Mac now...

Access through System Preferences, Accounts. Login Options. Then in Network Account Server either Edit or Join, then Open Directory Utility. Unlock and authenticate.

Peter