Thankx for the tip.  That was the problem.

I had the shells in two locations, but only one of which was in 
/etc/shells

cYa
Brady

> Hi Brady,
> 
> you have to add the shells of the users with their full path to the
> file /etc/shells. Otherwise ftpd doesn't allow the login.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Alex.
> 
> > I have begun setting up my NetBSD box for it's function, an FTP
> > server.  But I have come along another stumbling block.  After I
> > activated the ftpd in the inetd, I have a problem to where no user I
> > add to the system can FTP into the box, while I can telnet into the
> > machine using the accounts.
>