NIS users not able to autheticate in ftp

[Kaps_2]

Hi All,

I have an NIS server set up on Linux with /bin/bash as the default shell for all the nis users. I have created an symbolic link to /usr/bin/ksh for the same.With this I am able to do telnet without any issues however when I try to do ftp with these NIS users I am not able to get through. In the syslogs I am getting the following msg.

qahp01 ftpd[2414]: FTP LOGIN REFUSED (bad shell) FROM 10.11.24.124 [10.11.24.124], test17

The above msg shows that there is some issue with the shell. Is there any specific file where ftp checks for the shell?

Thanks,
Kaps

[Dennis Handly]

This is the wrong forum for linux questions.
But for HP-UX, it is /etc/shells. See shells(4).

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

The shell in /etc/passwd on the NIS Master is not correct. Confirm it points to a valid ftp shell.

Or there is a user on the local system that is similarly borked up.

SEP

[Kaps_2]

I created /etc/shells file and mentioned the shells in that

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