User password gets out of synch between telnet and ftp usage.

[Chris Jones_1]

We have HP-UX 11.0 running on the N-series servers. The system is configured as a trusted system.

The trouble is that periodically, ftp access will fail with incorrect password while we can still login to the box with the same password.

The only way to clear this problem is to reset the password - until the problem returns.

Has anyone else experienced this problem?

[Steve Steel · Accepted solution]

This should fix with latest ftp patch
was fixed in
hp-ux_patches/s700_800/11.X/PHNE_18377 :ftpd(1M):ftp(1):y2k:year2000:
Target: 11.00
1Liner: s700_800 11.00 ftpd(1M) and ftp(1) patch
CDate: 99/11/15
PDate: 99/12/06


Is now

Patch Name: PHNE_21936

Patch Description: s700_800 11.00 ftpd(1M) and ftp(1) patch

Creation Date: 00/08/24

Post Date: 00/08/28

Hardware Platforms - OS Releases:
s700: 11.00
s800: 11.00

[Vincenzo Restuccia]

See permission of /etc/passwd

[Chris Jones_1]

Thanks to Steve Steel for identifying the patch. I found it is already superseeded by PHNE_23949.

This patch seems to have fixed the problem.