FTP anonymous user cannot login
(Last modified: 29Mar2005)
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fact
Novell NetWare 6.5
symptom
FTP anonymous user cannot login
Error: 530 Login Failed for User anonymous
NWFTPD -A gives error when creating anonymous user
Error: Could not create ObjectKeyPair
cause
Universal Password was recently enabled and was enforcing password restrictions, included a minimum length password. The anonymous user for FTP needs to exist without any password, or FTP will not be able to use it.
fix
Do not restrict the anonymous user with a minimum length password. Do not give the anonymous user a password.
There is not usually a concern that the anonymous user has no password, as it usually has only [public] rights to any area other than the anonymous home directory. But if there is concern with the fact that the anonymous user does not have a password, set address restrictions to accept only connections from the IP address(es) of the server or servers running FTP and using that anonymous user. Any FTP client will still be able to login as anonymous, because in terms of the eDirectory login, it will be NWFTPD.NLM logging in from the server's itself which is tested for the correct IP address. Once logged in, the FTP client will only have access to the anonymous home directory. But other clients (such as NCP clients) will be denied the ability to login, since they are connecting from other addresses.
You can determine which container NWFTPD.NLM will look in for it's anonymous user by checking SYS:ETC\FTPSERV.CFG's DEFAULT_FTP_CONTEXT setting. If that parameter is not set, NWFTPD will use the first bindery context of that server instead. If no bindery context exists, it will use the server object's context.
document
| Document Title: | FTP anonymous user cannot login |
| Document ID: | 10097118 |
| Solution ID: | NOVL101534 |
| Creation Date: | 28Mar2005 |
| Modified Date: | 29Mar2005 |
| Novell Product Class: | connectivity products |
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