Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 20:16:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Jerry Preeper <preeper@cts.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftpd - user login problems (with invalid hostname) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980711201523.3277K-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980708093227.008a3390@crash.cts.com>
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On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, Jerry Preeper wrote: > Hello, > > I am running a web server using FreeBSD 2.2.6 STABLE with FTP server > (Version 6.00LS). A few ftponly users (all are chrooted) at different dial > up accounts cannot log in and transfer files (about 5 out of 150). This is > usually accompanied by an "invalid hostname" in the wtmp file. What do the xferlog and the user's error message say? Note that you must have a valid shell in /etc/shells in order to log in via ftp. The nelldoesn't have to exist though; using /sbin/nologin as the user's shell is a popular way of allowing ftp access and not telnet access. 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
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