FTPD and NIS users

Charles G Waldman (cgw@fnal.gov)
Mon, 04 Oct 1999 14:28:22 +0200 (MET DST)

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Kennie J. Cruz-Gutierrez writes:
> Does wu-ftpd (v2.5.0) recognize NIS users accounts?, because it
> is not letting anyone log on with their user accounts. The host with
> wu-ftpd is a NIS client.

I believe that whether the passwords come from NIS or from a local
password file should be completely hidden from the ftp daemon.

Is it possible that the users who are being denied FTP access have a
login shell which is not listed in /etc/shells?

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