>Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 17:37:42 -0500
>From: "John F. Woods" <jfw@jfwhome.funhouse.com>

>One comment:  don't needlessly frustrate people who buy network administration
>texts at a bookstore.  Use /etc/ftpusers if it is present, otherwise use the
>more flexible deny/allow files.  You can put a comment in the stock ftpusers
>directing people to consider ftp.deny or ftp.allow instead.

I agree with this, but I would reverse the order:  look for
/etc/ftp.deny first, and then look for /etc/ftpusers iff /etc/ftp.deny
is absent.
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