topic Re: ftp problem in Operating System - HP-UX

ftp problem

madhudeepan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:47:04 GMT

when a particular user tries to take ftp,it does not ask for a passwd ,, atonce it gives the message access denied after username has been entered

but with other user in the same group can access ftp

uname -a
HP-UX 11.11

$ ps -ef | grep inetd
root 893 1 0 Aug 9 ? 110:22 /usr/sbin/inetd

root @ xxx: /etc>cat ftp-exec
cat: Cannot open ftp-exec: No such file or directory
root @ xxx: /etc>cat ftp.allow
cat: Cannot open ftp.allow: No such file or directory
root @ xxx: /etc>cat ftpaccess
cat: Cannot open ftpaccess: No such file or directory
root @ xxx: /etc>tail -f
root @ xxx: /etc>cat ftpusers
cat: Cannot open ftpusers: No such file or directory
root @ xxx: /etc>

root @ xxx: /var/adm>more inetd.sec
inetd.sec: No such file or directory
root @ xxx : /var/adm>

Re: ftp problem

Suraj K Sankari — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:54:37 GMT

Hi,
Do you have any directiory under /etc/ftpaccess check all file under this directiroy.

what if i create a new user ? is new user also having the same problem.

Suraj

Re: ftp problem

OldSchool — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:35:44 GMT

"root @ xxx: /etc>cat ftp-exec
cat: Cannot open ftp-exec: No such file or directory
root @ xxx: /etc>cat ftp.allow
cat: Cannot open ftp.allow: No such file or directory
root @ xxx: /etc>cat ftpaccess
cat: Cannot open ftpaccess: No such file or directory
root @ xxx: /etc>tail -f
root @ xxx: /etc>cat ftpusers
cat: Cannot open ftpusers: No such file or directory
root @ xxx: /etc>"

were those done on the local server, or the server the user was attempting to access?

on the remote (destination) server, check for the presences of /etc/ftpd/ftpusers and the contents of that file if it exists. If the file exists, and the user is present, you'll need to delete that line.

also, check for the presence of /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess on the remote server as well.

You appear to be looking in the wrong directory, and possibly the wrong server????

cd to /etc/ftpd (on the remote server) and "ls -l" that directory.

Re: ftp problem

madhudeepan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:54:14 GMT

i dont have any dir or file under /etc/ftpd/ftpuser

i was also looking for it, but such thing is not under /etc in both local server and remote server

Re: ftp problem

Johnson Punniyalingam — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:25:18 GMT

ll -l /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess

Re: ftp problem

izad — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:11:02 GMT

Hi,

Do you have a .netrc file under that user's home directory ? if yes, remove it and retry.

Good luck.

Regards,

Re: ftp problem

OldSchool — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:09:33 GMT

One last try....

as requested previously, on remote server:

"cd /etc/ftpd" -and-
"ls -l" that directory.
post the results.

if possible, copy/paste the text of the exact command(s) issues and error(s) recv'd.

Re: ftp problem

Tor-Arne Nostdal — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:53:50 GMT

"when a particular user tries to take ftp,it does not ask for a passwd ,, atonce it gives the message access denied after username has been entered"

I assume you mean incoming ftp-connection?
This was a bit unclear.

As you can see some is mentioning to check the .netrc file - assuming your question is related to outgoing connection...

OldSchool ask you to check your FTP access files... as in your question you where in the /etc directory when you cheched the ftpaccess ... files and not in the /etc/ftpd directory.

Could you:
a) specify which direction you have a problem with ftp
b) if outgoing give the listing requested by OldSchool

Re: ftp problem

Vishu — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:28:36 GMT

Hi madhudeepan,

Please check

1) is /etc/shells file exists in your server. if not, create it.
2) if exists, do cat /etc/shells to see if it has the required shell which the user is having in /etc/passwd. if not, add that shell in this file.

Now, retry ftp.

Good luck.