thanX to all who responded with special thanX to
Casper Dick
Markus Korth
Craig Russell
the solution :
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u should have /sbin/sh listed in the /etc/shells file on the machine to
which u want to ftp as root.
I was listing all other shells but ignoring the /sbin/sh to which the
root defaults to.
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my problem post :
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hi gurus,
just a few days ago there was a question on ftp and now i have a problem
there are two machines A and B. A is solaris 2.5 and B is solaris 2.7
i'm tring to ftp from B to A as root. A /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow has
an entry for root and that is not empty. there is no /etc/ftpusers file.
/etc/shells have an entry for the normal shells. now when i try to ftp
from B to A what i get is :
530 User root access denied.
Login failed.
ftp>
i don't think it matters but /etc/default/login COLSOL line is hashed
out.
pl help.
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Prashant Ranade prashant@omsi.com
System Administrator (510) 360 1100
Open Management Software inc.
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