FTP problem

[Rajendran_1]

Dear Freinds,
I am setting my FTp server on Redhat 7.2..It works till i get the prompt .. Enter the username : if i enter anonymous , it aske for the passwor : but if i enter my email id as password , it says that Login failed..What could be the issue ??

[Nico van Royen · Accepted solution]

Its possible that you your ftp server (default on redhat its wu-ftpd) is set to deny anonymous access to the server.

You can check your /etc/ftpaccess file, in there you can specify all deny/allow rules (and more).

Also in your /etc/ftpusers file you can specify wich loginames are not allowed to login.

To find out WHY access is not allowed, check your /var/log/messages files. The attemted login and failed reason will be logged there. ( for instance.. try opening a new window, do a "tail -f /var/log/messages" and in a different window setup an ftp connection to the server).

- Nico