On Sun, 5 Jan 1997, Xinbing Liu wrote: > (2). tcsh doesn't work properly: I can't ftp into my computer from > another computer if my shell is tcsh (as specified in /etc/passwd). It > gives me "user access denied". > However, if I say csh in /etc/passwd, ftp works fine, even though the > shell is still tcsh (I didn't install csh, so csh defaults to tcsh, I > guess). Very strange.
Read the man page on ftpd, or simply add /usr/bin/tcsh to /etc/shells (the short answer to RTFM). The ftpserver checks to see if you have a valid shell before allowing you to log in. --Pete _______________________________________________________________ Peter J. Templin, Jr. Client Services Analyst Computer & Communication Services tel: (717) 524-1590 Bucknell University [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]