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Date:      Tue, 2 Mar 1999 11:34:23 +1300 (NZDT)
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>
To:        "Daniel J. Wharton" <wharton@burnit.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Disabling Telnet
Message-ID:  <Pine.SC5.4.10.9903021132340.18087-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903011722440.385-100000@jedi.burnit.net>

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On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Daniel J. Wharton wrote:

> 
> I was wondering if anyone could tell me how I can prevent users from
> telneting in without disabling FTP access as well.  I want people to be
> able to FTP in and update their websites, but not be able to TELNET in. 
> 
> I already tried setting their shell to /sbin/nologin, but that disables
> FTP access as well.  Thank you very much in advance for any advice.

You could comment out the telnetd entry in /etc/inetd.conf, but that
will restrict you to console logins and connected terminals.

Jonathan Chen
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