On Mon, May 03, 1999, Kenneth Johansson wrote: > I have a problem with ftp to debian when it is configured to use nis. > > Everything works OK as long as I have a normal user entry in /etc/passwd > but when I take the user account infomation from nis fptd wont allow the > user to connect. Telnet and other stuff works so its related only to > ftpd I think.
What is your ftp server ? If your ftp server is proftpd, you have to add the following line to /etc/proftpd.conf in order to have proftpd work with NIS passwords : PersistentPasswd off Maybe there is something similar to add to the other ftp servers configuration file... -- MaXX
