ftp nologin problem

[Leonidas Tsampros]

On Wed, Dec 28, 2005 at 12:36:21PM +0500, Imran Imtiaz wrote:
> I am running ProFTPD 1.2.10 on my bsd server but the problem is that if a user
> don't have a shell and I've defined his shell as nologin then the ftp server does 
> not logon and give the following error
> C:\Documents and Settings\Asif>ftp 192.168.0.3
> Connected to 192.168.0.3.
> 220 ProFTPD 1.2.10 Server (ProFTPD Default Installation) [192.168.0.3]
> User (192.168.0.3:(none)): db.backup
> 331 Password required for db.backup.
> Password:
> 530 Login incorrect.
> Login failed.
> ftp>
> 
> tell me how can I correct this problem cause I don't want to give user a shell.
> Regards,
> Imran Imtiaz
> 

Try this options in your proftpd.conf :

RequireValidShell       off