Hi All ,

We are using RedHat Linux and wu-ftpd Version 2.6.1 .
When we try to login to the server using anonymous login we get following response .

$ ftp myserver
Connected to myserver.
220 myserver FTP server (Version wu-2.6.1-21) ready.
Name (myserver): anonymous
331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
Password:XXXX
530 Can't set guest privileges.
Login failed.


Please help .

Usually the "Can't set guest privileges" means something is wrong with the entry for the ftp user in /etc/passwd. Check to see if the ftp user belongs to the right group and/or has a valid shell and working directory.

Thanx Bathory for reply ....but i dont think is the case . This is the entry for FTP user in /etc/passwd file ....

ftp:x:14:50:FTP User:/var/ftp:/sbin/nologin

Is there anything wrong you find ? . Please reply .

If /sbin/nologin is a valid shell (I mean it exists in /etc/shells) then it's OK. Take a look also at /etc/ftpaccess to see if there are any wrong settings. I would suggest to look for another ftp server (like proftpd for example) that is more easy to configure.
Regards

Hi Bathory ,

The /sbin/nologin shell was not present in /etc/shells . But i dont think this could be the problem since that entry was there by default . Still for cross check I put the entry /sbin/nologin in /etc/shells ...And tried but Ohhh its still giving the same error as Cant set guest privileges .
Yes what you said could be right . So I'm sending you the contents of /etc/ftpaccess file . Waiting for your comments .

Here is the ftpaccess file with only relevant details ......

deny-uid %-99 %65534-
deny-gid %-99 %65534-
allow-uid ftp
allow-gid ftp

guestgroup ftpchroot
guest-root /test/testftp/ftpdir test

class all real,guest,anonymous *

chmod no guest,anonymous
delete no anonymous
overwrite no anonymous
rename no anonymous

shutdown /etc/shutmsg

# Ask users to use their email address as anonymous password

passwd-check rfc822 warn

Looking at /etc/ftpaccess my comments are:
1st, is there a group ftpchroot? Because you define guestgoup ftpchroot but allow-gid ftp!!!
2nd, since I don't use wu-ftpd anymore, I searched a bit and I found this:

Hi Bathory ,

I have created the group called ftpchroot and added the user (testftp ) in it for whom I want to chroot to . In that case I hope the settings are right . i.e.

guestgroup ftpchroot
guest-root /test/testftp/ftpdir test

Do I need to allow this group in this following statements ??

deny-uid %-99 %65534-
deny-gid %-99 %65534-
allow-uid ftp
allow-gid ftp


Please let me know . Thanx .

Why don't you test if this configuration works?
I think that you must add the ftpchroot in the allow-gid and the testftp in allow-uid. Mind that test and testftp are different UIDs. Take a look here for more details about the ftpaccess.