Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2000 15:46:51 +1000 From: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> To: "Richard E. Hawkins" <hawk@fac13.ds.psu.edu>, Michael <cadaver@tucu.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: allowing ftp logins but not shell logins Message-ID: <00070815480104.00341@dannyh.freebsd.org> References: <200007071730.NAA99997@fac13.ds.psu.edu>
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There is also a shell which is called ftponly (from /usr/ports)I believe So once you adduser It will prompt you to use sh or csh or ftponly Correct me if I am wrong about this. On Sat, 08 Jul 2000, Richard E. Hawkins wrote: > > What I would like to have is something where persons can drop off files in > > a certain directory and the files would be owned by a user foo or by a > > group foo. How can I go about setting this up. Pointers to man pages or > > anything else would be greatly appreciated. > > I can't tell you whether or not it's the *best* way, but you can make > their login shell /usr/bin/false, which means that a succesful login > merely runs false and exits . . . > > hawk > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- You are not authorized to use my email address for any purpose. This is a violation of my privacy. Unsolicited mail/posts is a "theft of service". Remove my email address from your databases immediately. You are only authorized to use my email address only in conjunction with address the issue in this email. ---------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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