[ale] ftp login problems

[Phrostie]

what is the contents of this file  supposed to look like?
mine has things like:

boot
bin
..
..
games
nobody



On Sun, 12 Nov 2000, you wrote:
> You don't way what id you are using to make the ftp connection but the first 
> place I'd look would be the /etc/ftpusers file.  Any id listed in there is NOT 
> allowed to log in via ftp.  It tells you:
> 
> 530 Login incorrect.
> 
>  ftpaccess 
> ftpgroups 
> ftphosts
> 
> Since you can rsh you can skip these files:
> 
> hosts.allow 
> hosts.deny
> 
> Best of luck and let us know how it goes.
> 
> Regards,
> Chuck
> 
> 
> > I've been trying to ftp between two linux boxes.  one is mdk6.0 and the other
> > is a mdk 7.0.  it's been a complete nightmare.
> > it's telling me that the logins are incorrect.
> > 
> > [phrostie at agusta phrostie]$ ftp atlanta
> > Connected to atlanta.ga.
> > 220 atlanta.ga FTP server (Version wu-2.6.0(1) Tue Jan 4 19:41:20 GMT 2000) r
> eady.
> > 331 Password required for phrostie.
> > 530 Login incorrect.
> > Login failed.
> > ftp> 
> > 
> > i know they are correct because i can rsh to the same box with the same
> > login/passwds.  i've done this before on older dist's(with more lacks security).
> > i'm guessing it has something to do with shadow passwords.
> > 
> > any ideas?
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> |Chuck Mattern           | "That which does not kill us, makes us stronger."|
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