Re: [Sheflug] FTP problem

[Eric E Moore <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"David Morris" <david [at] allvac.co.uk> writes:

> The only thing is that 'monroeit' doesn't have a shell, but that shouldn't
> stop it - it didn't stop me earlier this morning...

A lot of FTP servers will, in fact, deny any connections for a user
whose shell isn't in /etc/shells.  Though if it worked in the morning,
that's less likely.

> Could it be something to do with a reverse DNS lookup for security purposes?
> Our corporate DNS could be a bit dodgy on our VPN?

Possibly.  it's hard to tell if it doesn't give any information :)

  -Eric
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