Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 00:20:22 -0400 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: 'Jason Scott' <freepix@sirius.com>, FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Allowing users access Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB44011058F8@site2s1>
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Grab nologin from the ports section. Install it. Add it to the /etc/shells file. Change the users' shells to nologin (/usr/local/bin/nologin I think). ftp will allow them access since they are using a valid shell (as per /etc/shells) but the nologin shell will not allow them to telnet in. -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Scott [SMTP:freepix@sirius.com] > Sent: Saturday, May 22, 1999 7:26 PM > To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Allowing users access > > I would like to allow users access to FTP their files into their > individual > accounts on my server, but I don't want to allow Telnet (or allow only > limited telnet) so that my server's files are not altered. If anyone has > any experience in this, or could point me in the right direction, I would > appreciate it EXTREMELY. I have read several books, including "the > complete freebsd" and more, and I haven't been able to find anything... > > Thank You, > Jason Scott > > Please reply via e-mail to: freepix@sirius.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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