can someone tell me how I can deal with a problem am having concerning users that are faliing to use one of the shells specified in the /etc/shells file.

as a result, am told, these users are bound fail to connect via FTP. i know i goto check the /etc/shells file on the target host but what am supposed to do in order to remedy this problem is what I need help with.


also, can someone give me an idea of what the full purpose of the .netrc file is??? what should be in it for users to be able to autologin to the server??

please help