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From: bates@wingra.stat.wisc.edu (Douglas Bates)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: problem with 1.0 ftpd
Message-ID: <BATES.89Nov9195104@wingra.stat.wisc.edu>
Date: 10 Nov 89 01:51:04 GMT
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In-reply-to: jacob@gore.com's message of 9 Nov 89 02:28:27 GMT

In article <130034@gore.com> jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore) writes:

   I have a system on a non-NeXT network, using NetInfo, no Yellow Pages.

   The ftpd isn't working right: it responds to the connection (220 ...Version
   5.18...), but denies access for any user (530 User jacob access denied).

Are you using a shell that is not listed in /etc/shells?  If you do
something like install bash and set that as your shell you have to
enter the pathname in /etc/shells or ftp will deny access.