Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 13:46:45 -0800 (PST) From: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com> To: jonc@pinnacle.co.nz (Jonathan Chen) Cc: kline@tera.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftp hosed Message-ID: <199902182146.NAA17483@athena.tera.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SC5.4.10.9902190917440.4684-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz> from Jonathan Chen at "Feb 19, 99 09:19:52 am"
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According to Jonathan Chen: > On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Gary Kline wrote: > > > I rebuilt my (2.2.8) kernel last weekend and brought my /etc/rc.local > > file up to date... but now I cannot ftp into my main workstation, > > tao. Neither from here at work or from tao's ethernett'd neighbor, > > sage. > > > > A cursory comparison of my /etc/* configuration files doesn't tell > > me anything---at least, nothing jumps out at me. Anybody know what > > I did to wreck ftp? ...and what, if anything, is likely to be the > > next gotcha?! > > /etc/shells? > /etc/inetd.conf has ftp enabled? > ftpd exists (as listed in inetd.conf)? > inetd running? > > I take it that all other IP stuff is working, though? > As far as I can tell, all other things-IP work. I've got inetd set up; ps ax sees it. Hmm. No _way_ it could be /etc/shells unless I overwrote it while I was in a coma.. Arrgh!!!!! 9^9^9 It was /etc/shells. I've used the zsh ever since Paul Falsted wrote it; and this is what I get for using something `non-standard'... Comment|suggestion: have future version of /etc/shell default list /bin/sh /bin/csh /bin/zsh /usr/local/bin/tcsh /usr/local/bin/ksh /usr/local/bin/bash and|or, have ftp/chpass issue a warning like, "Hey, you ain got no shell, Pal." Mffph... Thank you much! gary > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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