Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 08:43:29 +0400 From: Igor Roboul <igor@raduga.dyndns.org> To: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: restricting login access to ftp only Message-ID: <20000919084329.B29692@linux.rainbow> In-Reply-To: <39C64D3C.F2B37EC2@planetwe.com>; from drew@planetwe.com on Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 12:13:32PM -0500 References: <39C64D3C.F2B37EC2@planetwe.com>
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On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 12:13:32PM -0500, Drew Sanford wrote: > I would like to be able to restrict access of some users to ftp only for > a certain system, thus allowing them to ftp information to and from the > server, but not gain shell access. Each user needs to be able to access > information for them, placed into their home directory. I thought at > first that using a shell of /sbin/nologin would work, but that denies > ftp access as well. Can anyone point me towards some documentation on > how to do this? Thanks. Add /sbin/nologin to /etc/shells (or add /bin/false to /etc/shells, and set user shell to /bin/false) Then you'll can use /sbin/nologin for users without login access at all. -- Igor Roboul, Unix System Administrator & Programmer @ sanatorium "Raduga", Sochi, Russia http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=304744 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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