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Date:      Mon, 11 Oct 1999 11:03:34 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Alex Charalabidis <alex@wnm.net>
To:        Donald <druid@eoe-magical.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: telnet
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.4.05.9910111048070.19791-100000@earth.wnm.net>
In-Reply-To: <3801E360.CE6A14BA@eoe-magical.org>

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On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Donald wrote:

> Actualy it was to block telnet access not ftp, but thanks for the help, I
> use all answers I get to
> create a FAQ for later use.
> Thanks.
> 
> Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 18:17:19 MST, Donald wrote:
> >
> > > I want to block telnet access but not ftp access, how do I change the
> > > login shell or what do I need to do to get this to work.
> >
> > For login access via telnet, a user needs a valid shell listed in
> > /etc/shells . Ftpd also requires that a user's shell be a valid shell in
> > /etc/shells . So what do you do? :-)
> >

Set their shell to /usr/bin/false and add it to /etc/shells. 


-ac

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Alex Charalabidis
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