topic Re: ftp login refused (bad shell) in Operating System - HP-UX

ftp login refused (bad shell)

D Block 2 — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:20:09 GMT

Has anyone seen this error in the syslog ?

ftpd[2324]: FTP LOGIN REFUSED (bad shell) FROM

keep in mind, I can ftp as another user, but one user in particular causes this error.

what is the " (bad shell) " error message ?

and the file is missing: /etc/ftpd/ftpusers

Re: ftp login refused (bad shell)

Prashant Zanwar_4 — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:21:59 GMT

grep -i /etc/passwd..

what does this give.

Thanks and regards
Prashant

Re: ftp login refused (bad shell)

Pete Randall — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:22:22 GMT

Most likely this users shell is set to something that is not present in the /etc/shells file.

Pete

Re: ftp login refused (bad shell)

Sundar_7 — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:24:09 GMT

Couple of things to check

1) executable that is defined as the user's login shell should be present in the system

2) Add the user's login shell to /etc/shells file.

Re: ftp login refused (bad shell)

D Block 2 — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:33:16 GMT

the user acct had:
/usr/bin/sh
but it was missingin the
/etc/shells.

thanks guys! nice catch!