wu-ftpd only accepts one user's logon

[Kristian Erik Hermansen]

On Dec 2, 2007 7:21 PM, Bill Horne <bill at horne.net> wrote:
> I'm running wu-ftpd 2.6.2, and it's working fine for one user, but nobody else can login. User "bill" (that's me) can access the server via ftp, but
> other regular users all get logon failures _from the ftp daemon_. The other users can access the server via SSH, so it's not a password issue.

First off ... hope your wuftpd is patched!  Why not use vsftpd?
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-132.shtml

> I've checked /etc/ftpusers, and it has only the standard entries.
>
> There's no user-related entry in ftpaccess, and all users have UID numbers of 1000 or higher. I ran wu-ftpd daemon with the -A switch, which
> disables use of the ftpaccess file, and it made no difference.
>
> The bahavior is the same whether I used the inet daemon or use wu-ftpd standalone.
>
> All suggestions welcome. Thanks in advance.

Try running with the -d, or "debug", option and see what you get...
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Kristian Erik Hermansen
"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious."

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