On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 01:24:15PM +0100, christoph.leuzinger@westworks.ch wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> as I just noticed, ftp settings seem to have changed from 1.4.2 to 
> 1.5.
> 
> When I try to log in on my machine I always get the message "User 
> chris may not use FTP." In /etc/ftpusers I got "* allow" and the 
> usual exceptions.
> 
> Why does ftpd refuse access to this user, and how to change this 
> behaviour?
not not sure if it's the problem, but check if your login shell is listed in /etc/shells.
afair (only afair) ftpd will refuse login if your shell isn't listed there.

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