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Date:      Fri, 07 Jul 2000 13:30:52 -0400
From:      "Richard E. Hawkins" <hawk@fac13.ds.psu.edu>
To:        Michael <cadaver@tucu.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: allowing ftp logins but not shell logins 
Message-ID:  <200007071730.NAA99997@fac13.ds.psu.edu>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 06 Jul 2000 12:58:42 PDT." <Pine.BSF.4.10.10007061249020.78513-100000@tucu.net> 

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> What I would like to have is something where persons can drop off files in
> a certain directory and the files would be owned by a user foo or by a
> group foo. How can I go about setting this up. Pointers to man pages or
> anything else would be greatly appreciated.

I can't tell you whether or not it's the *best* way, but you can make 
their login shell /usr/bin/false, which means that a succesful login 
merely runs false and exits . . .

hawk




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