The problem was solved by including the path of the shell of the
accounts in the file /etc/shells (/usr/bin/bash in this case)on the SS5
i.e. the machine that did not allow the ftp.
The summary follows:
Seth Rothenberg wrote:
I believe you need to be sure that /etc/shells has an entry for the
login shell of each user.
Also, you can check /etc/ftpusers. For more info, "man ftpd"
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K.Ravi wrote:
Here are the possible reasons for ftp to fail for any user:
- User account has no password
- User's name is mentioned in /etc/ftpusers
- User's shell is something other than sh, csh or ksh & that is not
mentioned
in /etc/shells.
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I would also like to thank you all for your prompt replies:
Alejandro Lopez-Valencia
Glenn Satchell - Uniq Professional Services
Daniel Ellis
Borba, Wilter
Mark_Conroy@em.fcnbd.com
Rich Snyder
Singh Adrian
Matthew Stier
Kamal Kantawala
sysadmin@lvision.com
Joel Lee
Manish Doshi