>I solved the problem with .message file not displaying.  The only problem 
>I have left is when doing 'ls -l' it shows a number for the user instead 
>of name (i.e. '0' instead of 'root').

Sounds like you need to copy your passwd file over to the chroot'd ftp
partition so the usernames can be found (might want to do the group
file, also).

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  Michael L. VanLoon                                 michaelv@HeadCandy.com
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