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Date:      Thu, 16 Oct 1997 09:34:40 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To:        Michael Richards <026809r@dragon.acadiau.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: mail account only, no login
Message-ID:  <Pine.UW2.3.95.971016093320.21196C-100000@cedb>
In-Reply-To: <199710161350.KAA07037@dragon.acadiau.ca>

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On Thu, 16 Oct 1997, Michael Richards wrote:
> > If you just mean no shell, just put an invalid shell such as /dev/null, and
> > add it to /etc/shells.
> 
> If you do that, won't that allow ftp access to that account?

If the invalid shell is added to /etc/shells (see above) ftp
access works fine.  Not sure if /dev/null will work but /bin/true
does.

Dan
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