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Date:      Wed, 20 Dec 2000 14:12:28 -0500
From:      Bill Vermillion <bill@bilver.wjv.com>
To:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FTP access without shell
Message-ID:  <20001220141227.B34077@wjv.com>
In-Reply-To: <NEBBKOCAGLBGBAGEIHPIGECLCEAA.dave@siteone.net>; from dave@siteone.net on Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 01:30:07PM -0500
References:  <NEBBKOCAGLBGBAGEIHPIGECLCEAA.dave@siteone.net>

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On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 01:30:07PM -0500, David Lawson thus spoke:

> I'm trying to give a user ftp access but not shell access when I
> set their shell to /sbin/nologin ftp says access denied but if it
> is set to a working shell ftp is fine.

I use  /bin/false  - a habit from a long time ago, and just
added that to the /etc/shells.  I then also put their entry
into /etc/ftpchroot and all seems to work just fine.


-- 
Bill Vermillion -   bv @ wjv . com


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