530: PASS command failed - getpwnam() error : error

Explanation

The client entered the USER and PASS commands to log on to the FTP server. While validating the user ID and password or password phrase of the client, the getpwnam() function issued by the FTP server to obtain the OMVS information about the user ID failed.

error is the error message returned by the C run-time library for the getpwnam() function.

System action

The login to the FTP server is denied. Control is returned to the client for further command processing.

User response

Contact the system programmer.

System programmer response

Correct the error indicated by error. A previous 530 reply should contain further information in the reason code field.