[SunHELP] ftp help

[DAUBIGNE Sebastien - BOR]

Did you check the "/etc/ftpusers" file ?=20

>From "man ftpd" :=20
[ ... ]
Second, if the user name appears in the file  /etc/ftpusers,
ftp access is denied.
[...]

Note also that each user must have a valid shell in /etc/passwd :

>From "man ftpd" :=20
[ ... ]
Third, ftp access  is  denied  if  the  user's  shell  (from
     /etc/passwd)  is not listed in the file /etc/shells.  If the
     file /etc/shells does not exist, then the user's shell  must
     be one of the following:

                 /usr/bin/sh  /usr/bin/csh /usr/bin/ksh
                 /usr/bin/jsh /bin/sh      /bin/csh
                 /bin/ksh     /bin/jsh     /sbin/sh
                 /sbin/jsh
[...]

Finally, check if '/etc/pam.conf' has not specific entries for ftp.

Again, from "man ftpd" :=20
[...]
SECURITY
     in.ftpd uses pam(3) for authentication, account  management,
     and  session  management.   The  PAM  configuration  policy,
     listed through /etc/pam.conf, specifies  the  module  to  be
     used  for  in.ftpd.   Here  is  a partial pam.conf file with
     entries for the in.ftpd command using the  UNIX  authentica-
     tion, account management, and session management module.

          ftp   auth      required   /usr/lib/security/pam_unix.so.1
          ftp   account   required   /usr/lib/security/pam_unix.so.1
          ftp   session   required   /usr/lib/security/pam_unix.so.1

     If there are no  entries  for  the  ftp  service,  then  the
     entries for the "other" service will be used.  Unlike login,
     passwd, and other commands, the ftp protocol will only  sup-
     port a single password.  Using multiple modules will prevent
     in.ftpd from working properly.=20
[...]

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Sebastien DAUBIGNE=20
sebastien.daubigne at sema.fr <mailto:sebastien.daubigne at sema.fr>  - (+33)
(0)5.57.26.56.36
Sema Global Services - AFM/DW/Pessac

	-----Message d'origine-----
	De:	Craig T. Abram [SMTP:Craig.Abram at footstar.com]
	Date:	vendredi 26 octobre 2001 15:56
	=C0:	sunhelp at sunhelp.org
	Objet:	[SunHELP] ftp help

	I can ftp out - no problem. When I try to ftp to the Netra,
	it accepts User ID and Password and then comes back and says the
	root password is wrong. The password is fine as we can telnet into
	this box from any other. Cannot ftp with a user ID or root.=20


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