Hello,

after upgrading the system with the latst patch cluster no users can logon
using ftp.  after typing valid user name and password the FTP server
displays

530 Login Incorrect
Logon Failed

Can someone tell me what configuration files govern FTP services
functionality and what configuration settings I should check?

Many thanks.

Ian

In article <sGlhb.64$3%3.36464@news.uswest.net>,
 "Ian Turek" <ian.turek@XXXgravitysquareXXX.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> after upgrading the system with the latst patch cluster no users can logon
> using ftp.  after typing valid user name and password the FTP server
> displays
> 
> 530 Login Incorrect
> Logon Failed
> 
> Can someone tell me what configuration files govern FTP services
> functionality and what configuration settings I should check?
> 
> Many thanks.
> 
> Ian
> 
> 

Check /etc/inet.conf.  If you're using a 3rd-party in.ftpd, did the ftp 
service get changed to tpc6.  It should be tcp4.

Also check if pam.conf is setup correctly.  Google for the correct 
values for ftp accounts.

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Ian Turek <ian.turek@xxxgravitysquarexxx.com> wrote:
> Hello,

> after upgrading the system with the latst patch cluster no users can logon
> using ftp.  after typing valid user name and password the FTP server
> displays

Did you reboot?  There are some patches in there that will cause
problems until the system is rebooted.

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Unix System Administrator                    Taos - The SysAdmin Company
Got some Dr Pepper?                           San Francisco, CA bay area
         < This line left intentionally blank to confuse you. >

Yes, I did.

It appears that some users can logon via FTP and the others cannot.  I now
think that it is not related to the patching but rather it has to do with
the configuration.

Can someone tell me how to configure which users can and which ones cannot
logon via FTP?

Thanks.

"Darren Dunham" <ddunham@redwood.taos.com> wrote in message
news:Duqib.797$5P3.150118457@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
> Ian Turek <ian.turek@xxxgravitysquarexxx.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
>
> > after upgrading the system with the latst patch cluster no users can
logon
> > using ftp.  after typing valid user name and password the FTP server
> > displays
>
> Did you reboot?  There are some patches in there that will cause
> problems until the system is rebooted.
>
> -- 
> Darren Dunham                                           ddunham@taos.com
> Unix System Administrator                    Taos - The SysAdmin Company
> Got some Dr Pepper?                           San Francisco, CA bay area
>          < This line left intentionally blank to confuse you. >
>

In article <F0jjb.1470$aj1.54529@news.uswest.net>, Ian Turek wrote:
> Yes, I did.
> 
> It appears that some users can logon via FTP and the others cannot.  I now
> think that it is not related to the patching but rather it has to do with
> the configuration.
> 
> Can someone tell me how to configure which users can and which ones cannot
> logon via FTP?

/etc/ftpd/ftpusers list users that are not allowed access to the ftp
server.  Is that what you are looking for?

> 
> Thanks.
> 
> "Darren Dunham" <ddunham@redwood.taos.com> wrote in message
> news:Duqib.797$5P3.150118457@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
>> Ian Turek <ian.turek@xxxgravitysquarexxx.com> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>>
>> > after upgrading the system with the latst patch cluster no users can
> logon
>> > using ftp.  after typing valid user name and password the FTP server
>> > displays
>>
>> Did you reboot?  There are some patches in there that will cause
>> problems until the system is rebooted.
>>
>> -- 
>> Darren Dunham                                           ddunham@taos.com
>> Unix System Administrator                    Taos - The SysAdmin Company
>> Got some Dr Pepper?                           San Francisco, CA bay area
>>          < This line left intentionally blank to confuse you. >
>>
> 
> 


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In article <slrnborhhj.ai4.jtc@shell.dimensional.com>,
Jim Cochrane  <jtc@shell.dimensional.com> wrote:
>In article <F0jjb.1470$aj1.54529@news.uswest.net>, Ian Turek wrote:
>> Yes, I did.
>> 
>> It appears that some users can logon via FTP and the others cannot.  I now
>> think that it is not related to the patching but rather it has to do with
>> the configuration.
>> 
>> Can someone tell me how to configure which users can and which ones cannot
>> logon via FTP?
>
>/etc/ftpd/ftpusers list users that are not allowed access to the ftp
>server.  Is that what you are looking for?

Also, only users whose login shell is in /etc/shells can access the ftp
server.

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Thaks a lot for the help.  It happened to be a lack of appropriate shell
line in the /etc/shells file.

"Barry Margolin" <barry.margolin@level3.com> wrote in message
news:Udkjb.61$lK3.60@news.level3.com...
> In article <slrnborhhj.ai4.jtc@shell.dimensional.com>,
> Jim Cochrane  <jtc@shell.dimensional.com> wrote:
> >In article <F0jjb.1470$aj1.54529@news.uswest.net>, Ian Turek wrote:
> >> Yes, I did.
> >>
> >> It appears that some users can logon via FTP and the others cannot.  I
now
> >> think that it is not related to the patching but rather it has to do
with
> >> the configuration.
> >>
> >> Can someone tell me how to configure which users can and which ones
cannot
> >> logon via FTP?
> >
> >/etc/ftpd/ftpusers list users that are not allowed access to the ftp
> >server.  Is that what you are looking for?
>
> Also, only users whose login shell is in /etc/shells can access the ftp
> server.
>
> -- 
> Barry Margolin, barry.margolin@level3.com
> Level(3), Woburn, MA
> *** DON'T SEND TECHNICAL QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO ME, post them to
newsgroups.
> Please DON'T copy followups to me -- I'll assume it wasn't posted to the
group.