On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, John J. LeMay Jr. wrote:

- I can't seem to ftp to either of my LM72 machines even though wu-ftpd is
- installed. I've checked /etc/xinitd.d/wu-ftp, /etc/services, etc, however my
- connections are still dropped immediately after Isupply a login id and password. 
- 
- What did I forget to check?
- 
- Thanks folks!

The user must be in /etc/passwd and _not_ be /etc/ftpusers.  Are you
trying to ftp as root?

The user's shell must be in /etc/shells.

If you are doing anonymous ftp, check man ftpd for how the directory needs
to be set up.

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