topic ftp connection failed in Operating System - HP-UX

ftp connection failed

WilliamSmith11 — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:37:56 GMT

HI
I have a custumer that seam to be that is experimenting a lot with the os.

Is calling because the ftp have stopped to work.

This the error that is sending .

# ftp 192.168.20.100
Connected to 192.168.20.100
220 Boston1 FTP server (Revision 1.1 Version wuftpd-2.6.1 Fri Jun 25 02:33:48 G
MT 2004) ready.
Name (192.168.20.100:root): root
331 Password required for root.
Password:
530 Login incorrect.
Login failed.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp>

The password is correct .

I can do rlogin from and to this machine.
I can do a telnet from and to this machine.

some idea about what is going on .

The customer say that he have not done any ,
That was working and that stop to work .

Thank

W.S

Re: ftp connection failed

A. Clay Stephenson — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:47:30 GMT

The first thing that I would do is check the ftpaccess file on the remote machine. It's probably pretty dumb anyway to allow root to ftp.

If you are using a Microsoft ftp client then
there is a feature of which you should be aware. If the password contains a leading "-" the the ftp client "eats" the first "-" so that if the password were "-topsecret" you would actually enter "--topsecret".

Re: ftp connection failed

WilliamSmith11 — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:51:37 GMT

# cd /etc/ftpd
# ls
ftp-exec pids

There is not ftpaccess

W.S

Re: ftp connection failed

A. Clay Stephenson — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:57:47 GMT

Okay, it's also clear that you don't have an ftpusers file so that doesn't seem to be getting you. By any chance, has anyone changed root's shell to something other than /sbin/sh?

Re: ftp connection failed

Tom Ward_1 — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:58:34 GMT

Check for /etc/ftpaccess. I ran into the same thing the other day with a host that had moved to a new subnet. The new subnet had to be added before logins would work. Connections were okay, but logins failed until the subnet was added. The wu_ftp page was a big help.
http://www.wu-ftpd.org/

Re: ftp connection failed

WilliamSmith11 — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:01:37 GMT

Yes I check and the shell is

/sbin/sh

Re: ftp connection failed

A. Clay Stephenson — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:06:21 GMT

What does the ftp line in /etc/inetd.conf look like. We need to find out what options ftpd is launched with.

Re: ftp connection failed

WilliamSmith11 — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:12:45 GMT

A.Clay

Thank you .

user change the shell after that I gave the machine.

Re: ftp connection failed

A. Clay Stephenson — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:26:21 GMT

I have a feeling this is a bash fan. Tell your user to immediately change root's back shell to /sbin/sh. /sbin/sh is a full-blown POSIX shell and is every bit as powerful as /usr/bin/sh. The difference is that /sbin/sh like all the executables in /sbin is a statically linked version and /usr/bin/sh (ksh,bash, etal) are dynamically linked versions. /sbin/sh can execute before /usr is mounted to make shared libraries available. Have your user consider what will happen on a boot when /usr is not yet available.