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Re: can't ftp into box



Just the off chance, have you made sure that the user's shell is listed
in the /etc/shells file correctly?  Without an entry in there, ftp
access
will be denied.

Steve

"Eric G . Miller" wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Feb 08, 2000 at 10:58:00PM -0500, Arcady Genkin wrote:
> > Todd Suess <tsuess@blackhole.fuhq.net> writes:
> >
> > > Once you are connected, try issuing the following commands:
> > > ftp> user <username><enter>
> > > ftp> pass <password><enter>
> >
> > Tried that. Doesn't work. ;^( I get the same stuff: "Not connected".
> >
> > Now, I installed linux onto the laptop. Still can't ftp into the
> > debian box. Furthermore, I cannot ftp into the laptop either!
> >
> 
> Well, does your ftp server run from inetd? and is it possibly commented
> out? Are there rules in /etc/hosts.allow /etc/hosts.deny that might
> cause this? Can you 'telnet <the host> 21' ? Perhaps tcpwrappers is
> taking issue with the connection? Did you try another ftp client (like
> WS_FTP) ?  Just some thoughts...
> 
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