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ftp server wont accept logins

Hiyas,

I installed the wu-ftp, and it works with anonymous users fine, but it wont accept any users with an account in the system (no matter what group they are in). Just says 'login incorrect'.
Am I forgetting something really general here?
/etc/ftpaccess is untouched, wu-ftp manuals wont say anything that help me in this.

Thanks in advance,
~/Acidia

jlevie

Do you have a /etc/shells file? The user's shell must be listed in the file and typically it looks something like:

/bin/bash
/bin/sh
/bin/tcsh
/bin/csh
/bin/ash
/bin/bsh
/bin/bash2

acidia

ASKER

Yes, the file looks quite like the same. The users are using bash and it's there.

jlevie

You didn't add the users to /etc/ftpusers, did you? A username in ftpusers is specifically denied.

acidia

ASKER

No, I expecially checked the file, and tried with multiple users (with no groups etc..)

jlevie

Are your usernames "normal" (8 chars or less and all lower case)? Also is there anything in the logs?

chander

Do you get any additional error messages other than "login incorrect" ? It is quite likely there is a permission problem with one of the / dev files. Also, are you using "rftp" or "regular ftp" ?

Reinier

RedHat uses pam for authentication. Did you install a pam-aware wu-ftpd? What is in the file "/etc/pam.d/ftp"?

acidia

ASKER

There is no such file as /etc/pam.d/ftp, the usernames i've used are normal, and I'm using normal ftp.
What logs could I check for helping info?

Reinier

If you are using RedHat then get the latest and greatest wu-ftpd-2.6.0-0.5.x from the RedHat Errata area: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/index.html

The logs you could check are /var/log/secure, /var/log/xferlog and /var/log/messages.

jlevie

Which Linux are you using? Does it use pam? As has been pointed out if pam is in use there has to be a /etc/pamd.ftp to find passwords.

acidia

ASKER

What does the pamd.ftp file must consist?

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jlevie

Sorry, typo on my part... I meant /etc/pam.d/ftp.

acidia

ASKER

Hih, I just copy/pasted that text to /etc/pam.d/ftp and it started working immediately. Thanks a bunch :)