Why does ftp deny permission?

[eran yehudai]

In article <1991Feb27.182530.28944 at athena.mit.edu> jik at athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes:

     Probably, ftp is denying login because your users all have shells that
   aren't listed in /etc/shells.  You probably all use the "shell of choice" and
   you've forgotten to add it to /etc/shells.  See the man page for ftpd, which
   documents the requirements which must be met for a user to be able to ftp to a
   host.

That was it. Thanks.
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Eran Yehudai
eran at thsun1.slac.stanford.edu