Re: ftp not allowed as 'root' 5.0.6 new install

From: scooter (sullmann_at_telespectrum.com)
Date: 01/24/05 

Date: 24 Jan 2005 10:52:12 -0800

Bill Campbell wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2005, scooter wrote:
> >I have just installed 5.0.6 with all patches applied.
> >
> >When testing ftp connection, I get login failed when trying to
connect
> >as 'root'...??
> >
> >telnet works fine...just not ftp.......
> >
> >I have checked the /etc/ftpusers file and it has no entries in it.
> >
> >I have looked in inetd.conf file, and it shows for ftp:
> >
> >ftp stream tcp nowait root /etc/ftpd ftpd
> >
> >
> >Security is set to 'traditional'
> >
> >What am I missing here?
>
> The /etc/ftpusers file which lists users **NOT** allowed to ftp.
>
> Bill
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Bill,

Thanks....I did fail to mention that my /etc/ftpusers file only has
this
(I checked there already)

# @(#)ftpusers 95.2 00/10/29
#
# List of users to deny access to. Any user name that appears in
# this file will not be allowed to log in to the FTP server.
# Works only with user names, not user ID's.

it is empty...so appears there is no blocking happening here....?????

Also, I have made no changes to the /etc/ftpaccess file...I compared it
to
a 5.0.5 server that I have here (that ftp does work on) and it's
identical.

In addition, I've made no changes to any of the /etc/ftp* files in the
/etc directory....

anything else?? I created a new user with their own home directory and
was able to successfully ftp right in.

This server sits on an internal network, so I realize this isn't the
optimal security friendly setup, but there are a ton of legacy scripts
that use root as the ftp user to move data around several servers and
this new server is a new install to replace one of our main reporting
servers....I really don't want to find all these scripts and change
them....

anyone else think of anything on this?

thanks

Scott
 

anyone else?

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