why does anonymous ftp need /etc/passwd?

[Clarence Dold]

in article <MEYER.91Feb4200735 at cambium.uoregon.edu>, meyer at cambium.uoregon.edu (David M. Meyer) says:

> 	Why does ftpd want you to have ~ftp/etc/{passwd,group}

ftpd wants to find the default shell for the user.
It checks $SHELL and /etc/passwd.

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