FTP login Refused

[roobala]

Dear All,

We have L1000 Server with HP-UX 11.00.
We are not able to establish connection with ftp even as root. when "ftp servername" is typed, it asks for username (root) and after that asks for password. When we type the password, it says access denied. (we tried it for different user also)

In syslog file there was an entry saying
"ftp login refused (bad shell)"

Please provide us what will be wrong.

Thanks and regards

V.Selvaraj

[Jesus M. Charro Dorado]

There's a problem with /etc/passwd. Check that the shell for root in /etc/passwd is correct. I had that problem and it was a type mismatch.

Regards,

Jesus

[Victor BERRIDGE]

It looks like you have an /etc/ftpd/ftpusers with root (and all other users?) inside, if I try on a host to create an /etc/ftpd/ftpusers with root inside, I get in /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log:
ftpd[9786]: FTP LOGIN REFUSED (bad shell)...

[John Palmer · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Also check the contents of file /etc/shells and make sure that if the file exists it contains the shell name specified in the password file.

See man ftpd and man getusershell for more information.

Regards,
John

[CHRIS_ANORUO]

Read online manual for ftpd. Check the line "In order to permit .....
ftp:*:500:10:anonymous ftp:/home/ftp:/usr/bin/false.

Also check /var/adm/inetd.sec file to see if there is access deny for ftp users ip addresses.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

/etc/ftpusers in 10.x or /etc/ftpd/ftpusers in 11.x control ftp remote logins to local user accounts. Lines in the file should represent the account names for which you do NOT want to grant access. It would appear that you have included (erroneously) a line with "root". If you do not want to restrict any accounts, you may simply remove the file entirely. See "man (4) ftpusers" for more information.

...JRF...

...JRF...