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User passwords work for Telnet not FTP

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by scifiman

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Perplexing problem on Solaris 2.6 with users being able to telnet to box but if they ftp and use the same password they get 'login incorrect'. Using /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files. /etc/nsswitch.conf shows passwd = files nis
Their UIDs match on all 3 Suns, and all users are in the wheel group. However, my account works fine for telnet and ftp. I had a user ftp in as root and my account which worked from his PC (Windows 2000). I don't think I've ever seen this problem before; they either both work or both don't...... Thanks very much!!!

Regards,
David

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by kshum

make sure that the users' shell is in the /etc/shells file. FTP will not work if their shell isn't listed in that file.

by scifiman

That did the trick!! Thanks, I don't know why that file wasn't there.

Regards,
David

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