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Date:      Thu, 29 Jun 2000 15:13:56 +1000 (EST)
From:      Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au>
To:        brandon <brandon@billboardaustin.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ftp users
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10006291511540.24097-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <395AC70A.6F15C4D8@billboardaustin.com>

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On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, brandon wrote:

> I'm having a hard time creating a ftp user.  I am new to freebsd and
> it's obviously not the same procedure as on a linux box.  i just keep
> getting the user denied when i try to ftp.  i creaded a regular user and
> gave it a /bin/false shell..and i tried adding the user to
> /etc/ftpusers...i'm not sure where to go from here...i'd appriciate any
> help

man ftpd - look for the section that explains the 5 rules for user
authentication.

Might be because the shell is invalid...

> 
> brandon
> 

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 :{ andyf@speednet.com.au
  
        Andy Farkas
    System Administrator
   Speednet Communications
 http://www.speednet.com.au/
  




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