When connecting to a freeBSD server running the last pure-ftpd, any try to download files via mget command ends in a "Can't check for file existence" message. See: ftp> mget *.c Can't check for file existence ftp> ^D on the server side the only thing that is logged to /var/log/messages is: Oct 21 18:59:52 mordaglio pure-ftpd: (?@?) [ERROR] Unable to find the 'ftp' account Adding the user (needed for anonymous ftps, I suppose) doesn't change anything. The only workaround I found is downgrading to a previous version. Luciano.