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Date:      Tue, 21 Nov 1995 18:56:49 +0000 ()
From:      Daniel Verhoeven <techno@kick.knooppunt.be>
To:        Root Operator <root@server.wulaw.wustl.edu>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: ftp
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.951121185512.23086A-100000@kick.knooppunt.be>
In-Reply-To: <199511201914.NAA03832@server.wulaw.wustl.edu>

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Dear,

Did you difine that fake shell in /etc/shells ? You will have to. 

Daniel

On Mon, 20 Nov 1995, Root Operator wrote:

> Is there anyway to set up a user for ftp access only.  I tried giving
> them /bin/false for a shell, but ftpd would not allow access without a valid shell for them.  I don't want the user to have access to a shell, though.
> Any thoughts?  (I'm running 2.0.5 with the standard distribution of ftpd).
> 
> And by the way, is there any halfway easy way to upgrade to 2.1 without
> doing a complete installation on top of the root filesystem?
>   --Wash. U. School of Law
> 



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