Bug 88728

Summary:	Proftpd does not install on systems using networked home directories
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Martin Donnelly <martin.donnelly>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	2005.0
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Martin Donnelly 2005-04-11 08:02:07 UTC

The ebuild for proftpd attempts to create the user home directory in '/home'.

In environments where the the home directories are a networked file system and the local superuser does not have exportable superuser rights this fails and leaves the install in an incomplete state.

This ebuild should be modified to create the home directory in a safer location - possible under '/var'

Comment 1 Martin Donnelly 2005-04-11 08:48:17 UTC

sorry never checked to make sure it was not a dup :-)

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 85960 ***