Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 00:48:01 +0100 From: "Alson van der Meulen" <alson@flutnet.org> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FTP doesn't work unless user is assigned shell access Message-ID: <20011105004801.E9057@md2.mediadesign.nl> In-Reply-To: <5268b54f08.54f085268b@mbox.com.au> References: <5268b54f08.54f085268b@mbox.com.au>
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On Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 10:38:54AM +1100, BSD Freak wrote: > Hiya all, > > Just in the process of beefing up security around here, so I decided > that FTP users don't need shell access. So I edited the password > databse and set their shell to /nonexistent and the /sbin/nologin > > After that they are refused FTP access...... Is there anyway I can stop > users from having shell access jyst because they have an FTP account? You could copy /sbin/nologin to /sbin/nologin.ftp, add /sbin/nologin.ftp to /etc/shells, and give the users /sbin/nologin.ftp as shell. -- ,-------------------------------------------. > Name: Alson van der Meulen < > Personal: alson@flutnet.org < > School: alson@gymnasiumleiden.nl < `-------------------------------------------' Say, What does "Superblock Error" mean, anyhow? --------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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