ftp users

[Pete Nesbitt]

On Tuesday 05 April 2005 3:39 am, shaun wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I am trying to set up user www for ftp to my server. I have set up the group
> and path and password. The user links to a directory with user www and group
> www.
> When I try to connect i get a meesage that it has failed when I create
> another user and set it to open at the same directory. It opens.
> 
> Please help.

Hi,
Can the user 'www' log onto the console of the ftp server? It it quite 
possible that an acct www would not use a valid shell (for good reason).

If you do need to change it, look in /etc/passwd for the current shell and see 
'man usermod' to change it.
-- 
Pete Nesbitt, rhce
www.linux1.ca