ftp question

[navin]

Hello ,
I have a hp rp3440 servers , i'm not able to ftp to that server using normal user. root can ftp to those servers.i'm able to ftp to other servers from these boxes with out issue. Please advice to resolve this.
Thanks

[OldSchool]

check for the presence of /etc/ftpd/ftpusers
ftpaccess. Ftpusers lists all users who *cannot* use ftp. If present and empty, everyone should be able to use ftp.

ftpaccess can restrict access in a variety of ways if it is present.

man ftpd, ftpusers and ftpaccess for more

[Marcel Burggraeve · Accepted solution]

Does the file /etc/shells exist ?
If so, check if the shell of that normal user is in that file.

[Ivan Krastev]

Add -l at the end of line, starting with ftp in /etc/inetd.conf for logging and after that reload services: inetd -c.
All unsucessfull attempts will be logged to /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log.


regards,
ivan

[CelesteG]

You should think about moving away from ftp and telnet if you are still using that as well. If you have an rp3440 I assume that you are at least running 11i which comes with SSH already incorproated into the operating system. Just a thought from security minded folks.