Richard covered most of what you need to know in his reply to your question.
A few more things to check are:
1. /etc/inetd.conf -- make sure the line for ftp is not commented out (has a
# as its first character). If there are 2 ftp lines, only one should be
uncommented, preferably the one that uses tcpd.
2. /etc/passwd -- make sure there is a user "ftp" in the file. This is what
allows *anonymous* ftp. If it's not there, your system may be very
misconfigured for ftp.
3. /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny -- these files are used by tcpd to
control access to a host. If they have any entries, consult "man 5
hosts_access" to see the details of how they work.
Oh, and just to cover all bases ... are you certain that this is an ftp
problem, not a networking problem? Can you ping the host? telnet to it? (The
end of your message seems to indicate that you are connecting to the ftp
server but failing to authenticate. But I've misread messages before, so I
don't want to rely on my interpretation without at least a passing question.)
At 09:44 AM 1/26/99 -0500, Isaacson, Scott D. wrote:
>I'm using Redhat 5.2 on an old 486 that I'd like to be a dedicated ftp
>server for a small department. Ftpd seems to be working fine, but I can't
>log in to it. I'm wondering what files need to be edited (and with what) to
>allow anonymous FTP access. At this moment I can connect to it, but I can't
>log in to it with anything. Every username and password I try the ftp
>server will deny.
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