From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 16 22:08:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA15879 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 16 Aug 1998 22:08:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA15874 for ; Sun, 16 Aug 1998 22:08:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA05085; Sun, 16 Aug 1998 22:08:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 22:08:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Vince Vielhaber cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: telnet but no ftp In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 16 Aug 1998, Vince Vielhaber wrote: > >> I created a new user using the adduser script. The new user is in the > >> same group as a few other users. It has a valid shell and the shell > >> is listed in /etc/shells. I can telnet into it just fine. But any time > >> I try to ftp in to it I get: > >> > >> 530 Login incorrect. > >> ftp: Login failed. > > > > Are you _sure_ it's listed in /etc/shells? > > Yep, it gives a "bad shell" error if not. And it's the same shell that I'm > using (no typo's either). I should have asked if this shows up after giving the password. > >> What did I miss? I have other users that (as far as I can tell) are set > >> up exactly the same; same group, shell, etc. I can't find a thing about > >> it in the book, either. (no they're not listed in the ftpusers file) > > > > Bad password? > > I can telnet in just fine. I've also tried changing the password a few times > and tried changing the login, same thing. > > > Can the other users added the same way log in too? > > I tried it on my desktop machine and got the same result a few weeks ago > but didn't bother digging into it yet. Looking now at master.passwd, the > ones that aren't working have a password field of only 13 characters long > whereas the ones that do work have a length of 34 characters. Could there > be a connection there? Also what would cause the shorter encrypted > passwords? Shortened password entries usually come from installing the DES distribution. Your ftp server should pick it up though. Which one are you using? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message