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530 Login incorrect.

 
Dennis Handly
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Re: 530 Login incorrect.

>But could you please describe the logic behind ftp /etc/shells, should we could had idea behind the solution.

 

If you don't have your shell in /etc/shells, ftp will not let you login.  See ftpd(1m):

+  The user must have a standard shell returned by getusershell(3).