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From: theurer@ipf.uni-stuttgart.de (Albrecht Theurer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Ftp Server Problem
Date: 12 Sep 1993 15:54:02 GMT
Organization: Inst. f. Plasmaforschung, Univ. Stuttgart, Germany
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gregc@stealth.ml.com (Greg Caldwell) writes:
: I can ftp from my server with no problem but no one can ftp into the server. Each
: time I try this I get the error message :
: 
:  530 User root access denied.
: Login failed.
: 	Has anyone ever seen this problem with the ftp server ???
: 
: 
: ===================================
: =	Gregory Caldwell          =
: ===	email gregc@ml.com      ===
: ===================================
: 
Do you have a file /etc/ftpusers?
Is there a line with the string "root" in it.
If you delete this line your problem should be solved.
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 Albrecht Theurer
 Institut fuer Plasmaforschung
 Universitaet Stuttgart
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