Subject: Re: 530 User root may not use FTP (invalid shell). ? :(
To: Dale Einarson <einarson@cafe.net>
From: Fuan Tsai <ft11@cornell.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/05/1999 22:10:56
>When I try to ftp as any user I get
>
>331 Password required for root.
>530 User root may not use FTP (invalid shell).
>logon failure, so quitting
>
>what is wrong?  I looked at the man page and the mail archives.  I have
>made sure of the following
>1.)  /etc/inet.conf has the entry:	ftp		stream	tcp
>	nowait	root
>/usr/libexec/ftpd	ftpd -lC  ( org ftpd -ll )
>2.)  /etc/ftpuser has the entry:		root allow <cr> *  allow
><cr>toor deny
><cr> uucp deny

Should be /etc/ftpusers

And I think the "* allow" entry should be placed at the last line of
/etc/ftpusers, because according ftpd(8), no further comparision will be
made after first successful  match.
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Fuan Tsai
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