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

ftp issue

someone_4 — Thu, 15 Nov 2001 17:19:54 GMT

Hey everyone ..
I am having an issue with the root user on a system. I try to ftp but I get 530 User root access denied.. I have /etc/shells set and inetd.conf is fine. But I am trying to look at /etc/ftpusers but here is what happends.
/etc# ll ftp*
total 2
dr-xr--r-- 2 bin bin 96 Oct 5 2000 ftp-exec
-rw-rw-r-- 1 bin bin 5 Oct 30 11:54 ftpusers
dr-xr--r-- 2 bin bin 96 Oct 5 2000 pids
/etc# more ftpusers
ftpusers: No such file or directory
/etc# cd ftp-exec
sh: ftp-exec: not found.
/etc#

Why can I see the files but not get into them?

Richard

Re: ftp issue

Robin Wakefield — Thu, 15 Nov 2001 17:25:52 GMT

Hi Richard,

ll -d ftp*

You'll probably find a directory, which you are listing the contents of.

Rgds, Robin.

Re: ftp issue

Sanjay_6 — Thu, 15 Nov 2001 17:29:30 GMT

Hi Richard,

Take a look at the thread below,

http://us-support.external.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/sid=3456d3091d8d36eea7/screen=ckiDisplayDocument?docId=200000046112375

Hope this helps.

Regds

Re: ftp issue

James Beamish-White — Thu, 15 Nov 2001 17:30:10 GMT

Hi Richard,

Assuming HPUX 11.x, the ftpusers file is in /etc/ftpd. Your ll ftp* would have picked it up as the only directory under /etc starting with ftp and listed it's contents.

Party on dude!
James

Re: ftp issue

James R. Ferguson — Thu, 15 Nov 2001 17:33:31 GMT

Hi Richard:

Do your 'ls' listing with the '-b' flag to divulge nongraphic characters in the octal
\ddd notation. You may only think the file 'ftpusers' is named that when in reality its name is that plus some other characters.

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: ftp issue

Roger Baptiste — Thu, 15 Nov 2001 17:34:36 GMT

hi,

Actually you should see a directory like in this output#

l /etc/ftp*
-rw------- 1 root sys 105 Sep 15 2000 /etc/ftpusers

/etc/ftpd: <------
total 0
dr-xr--r-- 2 bin bin 96 May 4 2000 ftp-exec
-r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 0 May 4 2000 ftpusers
dr-xr--r-- 2 bin bin 96 May 4 2000 pids

the ftpusers under /etc/ftpd is the one which is used.

To confirm it again, do
find /etc |grep ftp

HTH
raj

Re: ftp issue

Craig Rants — Thu, 15 Nov 2001 17:35:06 GMT

What O/S are you using?

10.20 is /etc/ftpusers

11.00 is /etc/ftpd/ftpusers

make sure root is not in that file

also look at /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess to verify the rules from there.

Good Luck,
C

Re: ftp issue

someone_4 — Thu, 15 Nov 2001 17:37:11 GMT

Robin was right ..
there is an /etc/ftpd dir ..
I thought that dir was there some where. I just had a brain fart .. why when I do lsf ftp* or ll ftp*
I would have thought that ftpd would have came up. But I gess not.

Richard

Re: ftp issue

James Beamish-White — Thu, 15 Nov 2001 17:40:46 GMT

Woohoo! Thanks Richard, you're points just gave me my first hat. Ta!

James

Re: ftp issue

someone_4 — Thu, 15 Nov 2001 17:41:31 GMT

Im not getting the same output Rajman

/etc# ll ftp*
total 0
dr-xr--r-- 2 bin bin 96 Oct 5 2000 ftp-exec
-rw-rw-r-- 1 bin bin 0 Nov 15 11:42 ftpusers
dr-xr--r-- 2 bin bin 96 Oct 5 2000 pids
/etc# l ftp*
ftp-exec, ftpusers, pids
/etc#

Re: ftp issue

James Beamish-White — Thu, 15 Nov 2001 17:44:10 GMT

It will only show the output Rajman tells of when there exists another possible ftp*. Try:

# cd /etc
# touch ftpbla
# ll ftp*

and you'll get the same results.

Party on dude!
James

Re: ftp issue

someone_4 — Thu, 15 Nov 2001 17:55:55 GMT

You are very right James ..

Party On Dude :)

Richard