[TriLUG] shell and proftpd

[Mike Johnson]

Ben Simpson [ben at silextech.com] wrote:
> I am having a problem with proftpd.
> 
> I would like to set up people with ftp access to upload their websites.
> 
> I have proftpd working and everything is dandy.
> But, When I set their username up so that they have /bin/false for their 
> shell (because I don't want them to be able to ssh my ftp server and get 
> in with a shell account.)
> 
> It gives me a login error message . (login incorrect)
> 
> how do I fix it so that I don't have to give users a  shell and I can 
> let them ftp my server.

Try /sbin/nologin or make sure /bin/false in is /etc/shells.

Mike
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