On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 15:21 -0500, kevin.j.lisciotti@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Sorry for top posting but I'm stuck with Lotus Notes at > work...anyway, > Not an excuse. The default starts at the top but you can put text wherever you want. I also have notes at work. > Do you have SELinux enabled? Depending on the context settings you > have set in SELinux can really lock down a service. Try disabling it > if you have it enabled. > > > > On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 14:08, Marcel Janssen wrote: > > > This shows nothing, but /var/log/secure does : > > > > Feb 28 21:06:04 xine proftpd[11050] xine (192.168.0.2[192.168.0.2]): > FTP > > session opened. > > Feb 28 21:06:08 xine proftpd[11050] xine > (192.168.0.2[192.168.0.2]): > > PAM(marcel): Authentication failure. > > Feb 28 21:06:08 xine proftpd[11050] xine (192.168.0.2[192.168.0.2]): > USER > > marcel (Login failed): Incorrect password. > > > > I (marcel) log in with the password I have on this machine, so > really wonder > > why the second line gives me an authentication failure. > > I haven't used proftpd for a while. Does it have any security > options (like not running as root or living in a chroot jail) > that would keep it from reading your shadow password file? > > And out of curiosity, why are you using it instead of vsftpd? > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx > >
