The problem:
> I have run into a strange problem with the ftp client on a OSF
> 3.0 machine. Any user that is not a member of the "system"
> group cannot use ftp. The session looks like:
>
> > ftp bobo
> Connected to bobo.niehs.nih.gov
> 220 bobo.niehs.nih.gov FTP server (OSF/1 Version 5.60) ready.
> Name (bobo:patters2): patters2
> 331 Password required for patters2.
> 530 Login incorrect.
> Login failed.
> Remote system type is UNIX.
> Using binary mode to transfer files.
>
> I never get a chance to enter the correct password.
>
> In this case, bobo is a OSF 3.2 Alpha. However, this problem
> is independent of the server to which I try to connect, e.g.
> OSF, IRIX, even servers outside our site won't work.
Thanks to all who replied. The idea that worked came from
Brian Cox <bcox_at_mcsilo.enet.dec.com>:
> Check your permissions on /dev/tty. It should look like:
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root system 1, 0 Nov 9 17:55 /dev/tty
My /dev/tty did not have world write privs, which seems to have
fixed the problem. Many thanks!
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Evan Patterson patters2_at_niehs.nih.gov
Projects Group
Information Systems and Networks Corp. at the
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
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Received on Mon Nov 13 1995 - 19:51:25 NZDT