[SPARCbook] FTP Help

[Patrick McAleavey]

Hi All,

Thanks David for checking in on me. Finally solved the problem about 5 
minutes ago. To restate the problem: when I would attempt to ftp as root to 
my Sparcbook I would receive a login failure after I typed root's password. 
I knew the password was correct, I knew the daemon was running, I knew I had 
connectivity, and I knew that root's name was not in the ftpuser file (since 
the file didn't exist).

After reading the man pages for ftpd for the hundredth time I decided to try 
something. The man pages said there are four(4) rules by which in.ftpd 
authenticates users. The third rule is what caused my problem. Root's shell 
is /sbin/sh but it is not listed in /etc/shells. I edited /etc/shells to 
include /sbin/sh and now everything works.

I think maybe the language in the third rule threw me. I read it that if 
root's shell was included in /etc/passwd then it should have worked. Well, 
live and learn.

Pat


>From: "David Dobrotka" <ddobrotka at boernenet.com>
>Reply-To: sparcbook at sunhelp.org
>To: <sparcbook at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [SPARCbook] FTP Help
>Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 14:30:05 -0500
>
>Did you get an answer to this yet?  If not, what kind of error are you
>getting back from the ftp server?
>
>dave
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Patrick McAleavey <patmcaleavey at hotmail.com>
>To: <sparcbook at sunhelp.org>
>Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 2:41 PM
>Subject: [SPARCbook] FTP Help
>
>
......... The instructor has to ftp to the Sparcbook from an NT machine. I 
have one (1) Sparcbook that will not accept an ftp login although I can 
telnet to the unit from a PC..........I have read the ftp and ftpd man pages 
but that hasn't helped. I've tried comparing settings with a machine that is 
working but nothing is real obvious........
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