Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 20:39:16 -0400 (EDT) From: "David H. Brierley" <dave@galaxia.com> To: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: nonexistent Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980625203430.289C-100000@trantor.galaxia.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980625165519.9341B-100000@avrasya2.ispro.net.tr>
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On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Evren Yurtesen wrote:
> hello
> I have set my users to not to have shell access by setting
> their shell to /nonexistent I use wu-ftpd for ftp access...
> but now it does not let people do ftp to server...
> what should I do?
> I did not want to give shell access to users because
> of security reasons.
What I do is to set the users shell to /usr/bin/passwd and then
add /usr/bin/passwd to the /etc/shells file. The real key to
whatever you do here is that the value in the shell field must be
listed in /etc/shells or ftp will not work. The reason I use the
passwd program is that it provides the users with a means of changing
their password without requiring intervention by a staff member.
Once the users realize that this means they can change their password
to something that nobody else knows they tend to appreciate it.
--
David H. Brierley
dave@galaxia.com
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