Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 14:20:40 -0700 From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) To: root@server.wulaw.wustl.edu Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ftp Message-ID: <9511202120.AA21034@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> In-Reply-To: <199511201914.NAA03832@server.wulaw.wustl.edu> (message from Root Operator on Mon, 20 Nov 1995 13:14:44 -0600)
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>>>>> "Root" == Root Operator <root@server.wulaw.wustl.edu> writes:
Root> Is there anyway to set up a user for ftp access only. I
Root> tried giving them /bin/false for a shell, but ftpd would not
Root> allow access without a valid shell for them.
You could list /bin/false in /etc/shells. Then ftpd would let the
user in. So long as users can't actually execute anything, they
shouldn't be able to change their shells.
There is a danger that some clueless user might change his/her shell
to /bin/false and require operator assistance to log back in.
--
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder Colorado USA
The old pool shooter has won many a game in his life. But now it was
time to hang up the cue. When he did all the other cues came crashing
to the floor. "Sorry," he said with a smile. -- Jack Handey
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