diff -Naur proftpd-1.3.3/sample-configurations/basic.conf proftpd-1.3.3-magellan/sample-configurations/basic.conf
--- proftpd-1.3.3/sample-configurations/basic.conf	2010-03-03 19:41:40.000000000 +0100
+++ proftpd-1.3.3-magellan/sample-configurations/basic.conf	2010-03-03 19:43:54.000000000 +0100
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
 AuthPAMConfig			proftpd
 AuthOrder			mod_auth_pam.c* mod_auth_unix.c
 
+<IfDefine LDAP>
+  # If you use NIS/YP/LDAP you may need to disable PersistentPasswd
+  PersistentPasswd		off
+</IfDefine>
+
 # Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new files and dirs
 # (seconf parm) from being group and world writable.
 Umask				022  022
diff -Naur proftpd-1.3.3/sample-configurations/virtual.conf proftpd-1.3.3-magellan/sample-configurations/virtual.conf
--- proftpd-1.3.3/sample-configurations/virtual.conf	2010-03-03 19:41:40.000000000 +0100
+++ proftpd-1.3.3-magellan/sample-configurations/virtual.conf	2010-03-03 19:44:07.000000000 +0100
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
 AuthPAMConfig			proftpd
 AuthOrder			mod_auth_pam.c* mod_auth_unix.c
 
+<IfDefine LDAP>
+  # If you use NIS/YP/LDAP you may need to disable PersistentPasswd
+  PersistentPasswd		off
+</IfDefine>
+
 # Global creates a "global" configuration that is shared by the
 # main server and all virtualhosts.