Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 13:45:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Rob Simmons <rsimmons@wlcg.com> To: Dave <mudman@r181172.resnet.ucsb.edu> Cc: <freebsd-security@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Only an ftp account Message-ID: <20011012134241.W29795-100000@mail.wlcg.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0110121033050.58438-100000@R181172.resnet.ucsb.edu>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 pw useradd -n <name> -w no -s /sbin/nologin You may also want to add that user to /etc/ftpchroot which will chroot them to their home directory. You should also make sure that /sbin/nologin is in /etc/shells. Robert Simmons Systems Administrator http://www.wlcg.com/ On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Dave wrote: > > How would I be able to give an account to someone where they can only > login and use FTP? Shell interpeters, sendmail, and virtually all the > other parts of the system should not be at their disposal. > > How does one accomplish the creation of such a 'ftp-locked' account? > > I've heard some discussion about jails, but man jail(1) and jail(2) only > talk about freezing a process, so I think this might not be the solution I > need. > > Thanks. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7xyw6v8Bofna59hYRA5mGAJ4seMzzFMWmdFWJzKxEp3iRGfuGJwCfZD5W Hz1ZXRcXbLAqlaP6i7rLSMo= =fz7N -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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