From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 21 10:04:41 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id KAA10543 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 21 Nov 1995 10:04:41 -0800 Received: from gn.apc.org (gn.apc.org [193.37.35.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id KAA10366 for ; Tue, 21 Nov 1995 10:03:51 -0800 Received: from kick.knooppunt.be by gn.apc.org (4.1/Revision: 1.31 ) id AA26765; Tue, 21 Nov 95 17:58:07 GMT Received: (from techno@localhost) by kick.knooppunt.be (8.6.11/8.6.12) id SAA23134; Tue, 21 Nov 1995 18:56:50 GMT Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 18:56:49 +0000 () From: Daniel Verhoeven To: Root Operator Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ftp In-Reply-To: <199511201914.NAA03832@server.wulaw.wustl.edu> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 >