Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 15:22:37 +0200 From: Paul Everlund <tdv94ped@cs.umu.se> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FTP server, telnetd and shells (fixed) Message-ID: <3CEF901D.3B7570A@cs.umu.se> References: <3CEF8A4A.70062684@cs.umu.se>
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Paul Everlund wrote: > > I've set up an FTP server (proftpd) and do not want those > who have an account on it to be able to login via telnet. > > How can this best be done? It seems like the FTP server > needs a shell, as /nonexistent do not work. And when a > user have a shell, he/she can login via telnet. > > The solution should permitt adding and removing users > easily. Hey stoopid! Tell your one braincell to put /sbin/nologin into /etc/shells, then do vipw and change the shell entry in the password file to /sbin/nologin. Now it should work! ---- And it did! Thanks Paul for your great tip! :-) Seems like Google, with the correct search phrase is a good friend. /Paul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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