FTP from different login account

2007-12-25 11:22:00

The original question was:

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>Hi!

> We have two SUN servers one a SUN SPARC20 and the other a SUN SPARC5. Both

>are riunning Solaris 2.5. While I am able to ftp from the SS5 to SS20 but not

>the other way around except from root, sysadm and guest logins. Any ideas on

>where / what permissions are required to do an FTP from all accounts.?

>I will send the summary

>Thanks for any help

>Manisha

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The problem was solved by including the path of the shell of the

accounts in the file /etc/shells (/usr/bin/bash in this case)on the SS5

i.e. the machine that did not allow the ftp.

The summary follows:

Seth Rothenberg wrote:

I believe you need to be sure that /etc/shells has an entry for the

Also, you can check /etc/ftpusers. For more info, "man ftpd"

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K.Ravi wrote:

Here are the possible reasons for ftp to fail for any user:

- User account has no password

- User's name is mentioned in /etc/ftpusers

- User's shell is something other than sh, csh or ksh & that is not

mentioned

in /etc/shells.

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I would also like to thank you all for your prompt replies:

Alejandro Lopez-Valencia

Glenn Satchell - Uniq Professional Services

Daniel Ellis

Borba, Wilter

Rich Snyder

Singh Adrian

Matthew Stier

Kamal Kantawala

Joel Lee

Manish Doshi

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