login problems

[navin]

There is a login proplem with error "login incorrect".user is trying to login remotely.login,passwd,homedir seems ok.what else may be the cause for this?please suggest.
Thanks

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi Navin,

Enable connection logging through inetd by running "inetd -l". Then do a tail -f /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log. Try login and see what error you get there.

-Sri

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi Navin,

Sometimes it's the simple things that get overlooked.

Does the user have their caps-lock key active?

Rgds,
Jeff

[Michael Tully]

If you can login with that users id, passwd etc. then I would suggest it has probably something to do with fat finger syndrome.

[Jim Butler]

check the shell in /etc/passwd, and the /etc/shells file
Good luck

[Mark Greene_1]

Are they telnet'ing or using rlogin? If rlogin, make sure that /etc/host.equiv and the .rhosts file in their home directory exist and have the correct values.

mark

[Mark Greene_1]

Another thought: are they using ssh when they should be using telnet, or visa-versa?

mark

[navin]

hi,thanks for the replies,The exact error message is this "530 Login Incorrect.
Login Failed"
User trying to login to the ftp server.Please
advise.
Thanks

[Jeff Schussele]

OK...ftp login failure...

Do you have an /etc/ftpd/ftpusers file?
Is that user in it? If so & they ARE supposed to be authorized for ftp - remove their username.

If you have an /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess file verify that the class statement is correct. Look at /usr/newconfig/etc/ftpd/ftpaccess file for proper format.

HTH,
Jeff

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi,

This could most probably be due to the missing shell in /etc/shells.

What error are you getting in your syslog.log file after enabling the connection logging with inetd -l ?

-Sri

[Manju Kampli]

check /etc/ftpd/ftpusers and /etc/shells files for the missing configuration

check /var/adm/inetd.sec for any restriction on ftp

also check the syslog file for exact error message..