ftp login failed without prompting for password

[anukus]

Hi,
When i do an ftp at my unix prompt to a server, it failed even without prompting me for password. The message is as shown below.

$ ftp imis21
Connected to imis21.
220 imis21_phy FTP server (SunOS 5.6) ready.
530 Login incorrect.
Login failed.

Is there any local file(s) i will need to edit in order to do an ftp?

Any help is appreciated.

 

[nwardez]

Hi,

Do you have any .netrc file in your user's home directory ?

 

[aixmurderer]

As which user are you trying to log in? Does it prompt for the username or is the above list exactly as you see it? IBM Certified Confused - MQSeries
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[anukus]

Hi,
There is no .netrc file in my user's home directory. And it does not prompt me for any username and password. It immediately said login failed when i tried the ftp <server> command.

 

[aixmurderer]

Do you know what FTP server it is? If wu-ftp there may be the following line in the /etc/ftpaccess file, comment it out:

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[nabrantes]

Check /etc/ftpusers

Regards

 

[bi]

If you are using Solaris 9, the file is /etc/ftpd/ftpusers. Solaris 9 seems to have added a lot more rules to ftp -- no doubt because of security.

 

[anukus]

Thanks everyone for the help.

Its my $home that had a hidden file .netrc which contains passwords n hostname for ftp for the home user. =>