The problem may be "guestuser *". If you make guestuser *, then no one can login with user/password. All user are assumed as guest and can access ftp home directory only. Win Toe Penguin Millennium ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Westheimer <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 7:18 AM Subject: FTP access with RH 7.2 > This is probably a simple question for most experienced Linux users but > I have been trying to get FTP going for my new server for several weeks > with no joy. I can telnet to the server, I have enabled FTP in the > wu-ftpd file and restarted xinetd. I can open FTP from the telnet > command line but I cannot login to FTP from an FTP client program as > root or any other user name. I just want to FTP some files to the WWW > area for a simple website. > > Here is the ftp log > ~ Connected to westheimers.net, waiting for response... > < 220 westheimers.net FTP server (Version wu-2.6.2-11.72.1) ready. > > USER tom > < 331 Password required for tom. > > PASS ***** > < 530 Login incorrect. > ! Invalid username or password for westheimers.net > ~ Could not login to westheimers.net > > The user name and password is correct > > my ftpaccess file is as follows: > # This file controls the behavior of the wu-ftpd > # ftp server. > # > # If you're looking for a graphical frontend to > # editing it, try kwuftpd from the kdeadmin > # package. > > # Don't allow system accounts to log in over ftp > deny-uid %-99 %65534- > deny-gid %-99 %65534- > allow-uid ftp > allow-gid ftp > allow-uid tom > > # Chroot all users to their home directory by default > # (comment this out if you don't want to chroot most of your users) > guestuser * > # If you wish to allow user1 and user2 to access other > # directories, use the line below: > # realuser user1,user2 > > > # The ftpchroot group doesn't exist by default, this > # entry is just supplied as an example. > # To chroot a user, modify the line below or create > # the ftpchroot group and add the user to it. > # > # You will need to setup the required applications > # and libraries in the root directory (set using > # guest-root). > # > # Look at the anonftp package for the files you'll need. > guestgroup ftpchroot > > # User classes... > class all real,guest,anonymous * > > # Set this to your email address > email root@localhost > > # Allow 5 mistyped passwords > loginfails 5 > > # Notify the users of README files at login and when > # changing to a different directory > readme README* login > readme README* cwd=* > > # Messages displayed to the user > message /welcome.msg login > message .message cwd=* > > # Allow on-the-fly compression and tarring > compress yes all > tar yes all > > # Prevent anonymous users (and partially guest users) > # from executing dangerous commands > chmod no guest,anonymous > delete no anonymous > overwrite no anonymous > rename no anonymous > > # Turn on logging to /var/log/xferlog > log transfers anonymous,guest,real inbound,outbound > > # If /etc/shutmsg exists, don't allow logins > # see ftpshut man page > shutdown /etc/shutmsg > > # Ask users to use their email address as anonymous > # password > passwd-check rfc822 warn > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! The more I learn about > Linux the more impressed I get! > TIA > > -- > Tom Westheimer > > <a href="http://spamarrest.com/affl?102505";><img src="http://spamarrest.com/img/affiliate/ads/emailbanner1.gif?102505"; height="31" width="435" border="0"></a> > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
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