[NTLUG:Discuss] can get my ftp to accept me.
Rick Cook
rcook at ntlug.org
Mon Apr 2 20:46:06 CDT 2001
On Sunday 01 April 2001 22:09, Fred James wrote:
> Red Hat 6.2 with ftp server on and seemingly set up correctly (I cannot
> locate an error).
> This is all on my internal network behind the firewall.
> ftp connects and ask for user and password, and log in fails every time.
>
> Any clues would be most appreciated.
> Thanks.
>
One more clue to add to the rest:
ftp daemons sometimes default to requiring your login shell to be listed in
/etc/shells. Your symptom is exactly what would happen if that was the case
and your shell was missing from /etc/shells.
Rick
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