Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 14:06:41 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Phil Gates <p_gates@fuse.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftp only login Message-ID: <3D46FFE1.3030200@owt.com> References: <002801c2380d$14408c20$5d7e880a@zoomtown.com>
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Phil Gates wrote: > I need to allow a user to login to ftp but not login in an other way. > Does anybody know how I can do this. I was told to change the shell to > some file such as /dev/null so the user would have no shell to login > to. I changed the /etc/passwd file to do this. When I try to login I > was still able to login., do I need to change any other files? > > Or is there a different way to keep a user from only login in as a ftp > client. ? Did you use vipw or an editor and then forgot to upgrade the password database. If you didn't, use vipw and replace a letter with the same letter and exit. This way you will get used to using vipw to update a password. Kent > > > > Thanks > > > > Phil Gates > > email : > > p_gates@fuse.net > -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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