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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Different root password between ftp and telnet Post 302217670 by zaxxon on Wednesday 23rd of July 2008 10:08:45 AM
Old 07-23-2008
Depending on what kind of ftp server is used, root can be forbidden in it's config file.
iirc wu-ftpd or proftpd (for example) have such directives in their config which is often turned on per default.
 

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ftpdctl(8)						      System Manager's Manual							ftpdctl(8)

NAME
ftpdctl - ProFTPD control program SYNOPSIS
ftpdctl [ -hv ] [ -s Unix domain socket ] action action-parameters DESCRIPTION
ftpdctl is the control program for the Professional File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server daemon. The control program is used to control the daemon while it is running, supporting actions like restarting or shutting down the daemon, disabling or enabling specific virtual servers, kicking FTP users, etc. The specific actions available via ftpdctl depend on the modules compiled into proftpd. Check the modules documentation for more informa- tion on the specific actions supported by the modules. OPTIONS
-h,--help Display a short usage description, including all available options. -s,--socket Specifies an alternate path to be used for communicating with proftpd rather than the default Unix domain socket. The default controls socket is /var/run/proftpd/proftpd.sock -v,--verbose Display informational messages while communicating with the proftpd daemon. AUTHORS ProFTPD is written and maintained by a number of people, full credits can be found on http://www.proftpd.org/credits.html SEE ALSO
proftpd(8),ftp(1),ftpwho(1),ftpcount(1),ftpshut(8) Full documentation on ProFTPD, including configuration and FAQs, is available at http://www.proftpd.org/ For help/support, try the ProFTPD mailing lists, detailed on http://www.proftpd.org/lists.html Report bugs at http://bugs.proftpd.org/ November 2003 ftpdctl(8)
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