On Thu, 2007-08-30 at 17:37 -0400, Michael Klinosky wrote: > Mikkel: > > What exactly is the error message? > > PASS XXXX > 530 Login authentication failed > Disconnecting from site 10.0.0.50 > > > Is the login failing, or are you > > being blocked before it gets that far? > > It can't be a case of blockage - ftpd responds, and asks me to log in. > On the client, I use gftp. > > > You may want to check that > > xinetd is running and that pure-ftp is enabled. Just because there > > is a file in /etc/xinet.d for it does not mean it is enabled. > > disable = yes > > I'm sure that they're running (used the 'service ... ' commands). And, > I've been thru the config files. Are you sure the user's shell is listed in /etc/shells? That's bitten people in the past. Also, verify the user is NOT listed in /etc/ftpusers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Principal Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxx - - CDN Systems, Internap, Inc. http://www.internap.com - - - - su -; find / -name someone -exec touch \{\} \; - - - The UNIX way of touching someone - ----------------------------------------------------------------------