Never mind.
It occurred to me to check the messages file. What it told me is that,
somehow, /etc/shells was world writable (how that happened is anybody's
guess).
Anyhow, I did a "chmod 600 /etc/shells" and now ftp allows me to log in.
Thanks, anyhow. Doh!!! <G>
--Mike
On Sun, 23 Sep 2001, Mike Burger wrote:
> I'm having a bit of a problem logging in via FTP to my 7.1, fully updated
> system.
>
> ftpd answers, and allows me to try to log in. However, after putting in
> my user name and correct password, it comes back telling me:
>
> 220 burgers.bubbanfriends.org FTP server (Version wu-2.6.1-16) ready.
> Name (localhost:mburger):
> 331 Password required for mburger.
> Password:
> 530 Login incorrect.
> Login failed.
> ftp>
>
> Are there any known bugs in the 7.1 implementation of wu-ftpd, that would
> be causing this problem, or should I be looking at something else?
>
> Is it possible that this version of wu-ftpd was not compiled with
> shadow password capabilities?
>
> Ideas, answers and suggestions would be most welcome.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --Mike
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