FTP LOGIN REFUSED

[arun khatwani]

I got the following error in syslog wat shld be checked.

UNIX-03.30: FTP LOGIN REFUSED (ftp not in /etc/passwd) FROM sec.ao-svv.com [191.88.61.100], ftp

[Md. Farhan A Azam]

Hi,

Checkout the below threads, hope it will help you.

http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1237602837137+28353475&threadId=82537

http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1237602891030+28353475&threadId=1097993

Thnx...Farhan

[Patrick Wallek]

See why someone from 191.88.61.100 is trying to connect to your server with the userid 'ftp'.

If you don't know that server, then someone may be attempting to break into your system.

[Steven Schweda]

First, it might be nice to include some kind
of description of the system we're dealing
with. "uname -a" can be informative.

> [...] (ftp not in /etc/passwd) [...]

> See why someone from 191.88.61.100 is
> trying to connect to your server with the
> userid 'ftp'.

I know nothing, but "man ftpd" says:

In order to permit anonymous FTP, there
must be an entry in the passwd(4)
database for an account named ftp.
[...]

So, if I had to guess, I'd say that someone
is trying to use anonymous FTP, and the
system is not configured to accept an
anonymous FTP connection. (That is, an FTP
user name of "anonymous" or "ftp".)