From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 27 15:15:19 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp3.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net (smtp3.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net [206.210.69.143]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 05CD137B416 for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2002 15:15:17 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 1887 invoked from network); 27 Jan 2002 22:39:09 -0000 Received: from dap-209-166-135-48.nfas.greensburg-tnt-1.sns234.pa.stargate.net (HELO wastegate.net) (209.166.135.48) by smtp3.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net with SMTP; 27 Jan 2002 22:39:09 -0000 Received: from mother.wastegate.net (mother.wg.local [192.168.1.2]) by wastegate.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 5811748449; Sun, 27 Jan 2002 17:39:38 -0500 (EST) From: "Doug Reynolds" To: "alexus" , "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 17:41:39 -0500 Reply-To: "Doug Reynolds" X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.20.2380) For Windows 98 (4.10.2222) In-Reply-To: <006301c1a698$52ea2140$faa0b542@noc> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: FTP only account without user on the shell Message-Id: <20020127223938.5811748449@wastegate.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 13:36:08 -0500, alexus wrote: >is it possible to have ftp only account without adding user on shell? some >sort of virtual ftp account? just like for mail? yes- when you add the user, and when it asks for the shell, put no, or put /sbin/nologin which says no login for this account, or something to that effect. --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net PGP Public Key Fingerprint: 6E7B 9993 B503 6D45 E33A 2019 26E5 C1DB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message