Author: Steve Borho
Email: borho@stlnet.com
Date Submitted: Fri, Oct 9, 1998
Status: Updated Entry
Entry Updated: 17
Requester: Jeff DeGier
Email: jdegier@maintenet.com
Web Page: http://www.maintenet.com
Request Made: Fri, May 8, 1998
Releases: | (none) |
Platform: | all |
Category: | general |
Category Listing: | How do I allow ftp access for our RHL 5 server? |
I need to know exactly what is causing our ftp server to deny access to everybody. After I type in any userid, I get the 530 error message
Ftpd authenticates users according to four rules. 1) The user name must be in the password data base, /etc/passwd, or whatever is appropriate for the operating system, and the password must not be null. In this case a password must be pro- vided by the client before any file operations may be performed. 2) The user name must not appear in the file /etc/ftpusers. 3) The user must have a standard shell returned by getusershell(3). Ie, their login shell must be listed in /etc/shells. 4) If the user name is ``anonymous'' or ``ftp'', an anonymous ftp account must be present in the password file (user ``ftp''). In this case the user is allowed to log in by specifying any password (by convention this is given as the client host's name). #3 has bit me in the rear a few times. It might be doing the same to you.
ftpd man page