Just the off chance, have you made sure that the user's shell is listed in the /etc/shells file correctly? Without an entry in there, ftp access will be denied.
Steve "Eric G . Miller" wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 08, 2000 at 10:58:00PM -0500, Arcady Genkin wrote: > > Todd Suess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Once you are connected, try issuing the following commands: > > > ftp> user <username><enter> > > > ftp> pass <password><enter> > > > > Tried that. Doesn't work. ;^( I get the same stuff: "Not connected". > > > > Now, I installed linux onto the laptop. Still can't ftp into the > > debian box. Furthermore, I cannot ftp into the laptop either! > > > > Well, does your ftp server run from inetd? and is it possibly commented > out? Are there rules in /etc/hosts.allow /etc/hosts.deny that might > cause this? Can you 'telnet <the host> 21' ? Perhaps tcpwrappers is > taking issue with the connection? Did you try another ftp client (like > WS_FTP) ? Just some thoughts... > > -- > +----------------------------------------------------+ > | Eric G. Miller egm2@jps.net | > | GnuPG public key: http://www.jps.net/egm2/gpg.asc | > +----------------------------------------------------+ > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
