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On Thu, 18 Jul 1996, Richard A. Guay wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I just joined this list and would like to know the answer to a perplexing
> problem.  Anytime I set a user to using zsh as their default shell, they
> can not ftp into that account.  I could not find a reference to this in any
> of the manuals or info texts (but I might have missed it).  Could anyone
> please shed some light on this subject?

This problem arises typically, when zsh is not listed in /etc/shells on
the machine. Put /usr/local/bin/zsh (or wherever zsh resides on your
system) into /etc/shells, and ftp should work.

Hope this helps.

--Swen