Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 15:57:02 -0700 From: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@mykitchentable.net> To: "Steve Bertrand" <steve@northnetworks.ca>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Login woes... Message-ID: <014e01c1e59a$066cc340$c22a6ba5@lc.ca.gov> References: <1018996924.1786.11.camel@thinkpad1.northnetworks.ca>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Bertrand" <steve@northnetworks.ca> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 3:42 PM Subject: Login woes... > I have found that with unix, any new user created can automatically > login to the server via ssh, ftp etc. I have tried the > nonexistent:nologin technique to no avail. I can't find documentation > anywhere on how to configure freeBSD to allow users login to perform > only specific tasks. ie.. I would like some of my users to have the > ability to log into their POP account exclusively. Other users will > need access to only ftp, and still others will only need access to ssh > to scp files to their home. How can I overcome this limitation so I can > have finer control on what users can access on my servers? I think man login.conf might be what you're looking for. > Also, not as important, but out of curiosity, how can I 'cap' a users > ftp home directory so they can not traverse folders above and parallel > to their home? I know this is called "chroot" but am not sure how to apply it. I'm sorry I'm not much help but maybe a nudge is all you need. :) Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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