FTP access denied

[Carlos Munoz Lopez]

Hi guys. I'm having a problem accesing to server via ftp. The error is the following:

Connected to telcoint.
220 telcoint FTP server (Version 1.1.214.4(PHNE_27765) Wed Sep 4 05:59:34 GMT 2002) ready.
Name (telcoint:root): root
530 User root access denied....
Login failed.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> by
221 Goodbye.

I checked the system and there are several users already connected to the server using ftp, it's rather strange. I tried with another account and there was the same problem.. As you can see I even tried with the root account and it didn't work. I don't know what could be happening. Is there some kind of max connections or something?? I would like some help on this issue. Thanks.

[Carlos Munoz Lopez]

I forgot to thell you that I already checked the /etc/shells file and it was fine, the shell for root and the rest of the users were defined in this file.

[Charlie Rubeor]

Check for the /etc/ftpd/ftpusers file and see if root is listed there. This file is used to prevent users from using ftp.

[Peter Leddy_1]

Check if there is an entry for root in the /etc/ftpusers file, if there is then you need to remove it to have ftp access.

HTH,

Peter

[Bharat Katkar]

also check if your system is trusted?

[Ashwani Kashyap]

Sound most likely that there is an entry for root /etc/ftpd/ftpuser .

Also check for any entries for a user/host/network in /var/adm/inetd.sec .

[Carlos Munoz Lopez]

I don't have a /etc/ftpd/ftpusers file, nor /var/adm/inetd.sec.

[Charlie Rubeor]

Another place to check would be /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess, look for a "deny" entry.

[Paula J Frazer-Campbell]

Hi Carlos

Can you ftp in from another machine?

If so that you may have deny by ip address script/check in place. Check /etc/profile.

Paula

[Carlos Munoz Lopez]

I told you guys that there were several sessions connected to the server using ftp, so I killed them all, because I thought they were hung. when I killed them all I tried to connect and it worked. So it seems that there was actually a limit for the number of connections. Can you tell me how can I increase the value for this number of connections if there is one??

[Charlie Rubeor]

Did you look for the /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess file? It is possible to limit the number of connections for a particular class. The ftpaccess file will be active if the ftp entry in /etc/inetd.conf has the -a option.

[Geoff Wild]

Your ftp server is blocking root from ftp.

As other have said - check ftpusers, ftpaccess and make sure root's shell (from /etc/passwd) is in /etc/shells (if that exists)...

Are you running the standard ftpd from HP?

Rgds...Geoff