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Article #1363Re: Tcsh/Ftp problem
From: Ronald S. Woan
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 1990 18:47
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 1990 18:47
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In article <wb2=FAm00VI8I5SZRm@andrew.cmu.edu>, dd26+@andrew.cmu.edu (Douglas F. DeJulio) writes: rganesh@omicron.cs.fsu.edu (nu) writes: > I switched to tcsh and ftp doesn't seem to work (ie ftp to a machine > which has tcsh as your primary shell). Doug> Some versions of FTP have a security feature that prevents Doug> people with non-standard shells from using FTP. This is so Doug> things like uucp accounts and finger accounts can't ftp files. Doug> Sometimes putting the shell you're using into /etc/shells is Doug> enough to convince these FTPs that your shell is standard, and Doug> things start working again. Just thought I'd mention that in AIX 3.1, the permitted login shells are specified in /etc/security/login.cfg. +-----All Views Expressed Are My Own And Are Not Necessarily Shared By------+ +------------------------------My Employer----------------------------------+ + Ronald S. Woan woan@peyote.cactus.org or woan%austin@iinus1.ibm.com + + other email addresses Prodigy: XTCR74A Compuserve: 73530,2537 +
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!romp!auschs!d75!awdprime!woan!ron From: ron@woan (Ronald S. Woan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: Tcsh/Ftp problem Keywords: In AIX 3.1, it's in /etc/security/login.cfg Message-ID: <3747@awdprime.UUCP> Date: 3 Oct 90 18:47:41 GMT References: <9010021256.AA28358@omicron.cs.fsu.edu> <wb2=FAm00VI8I5SZRm@andrew.cmu.edu> Sender: news@awdprime.UUCP Reply-To: woan@peyote.cactus.org Organization: Austin School of Hardknocks Lines: 20