[TriLUG] shell and proftpd
Ben Simpson
ben at silextech.com
Fri Nov 22 17:20:23 EST 2002
I didn't have /sbin/nologin as an option so I looked in /etc/shells and
sure enough /bin/false is not in there.
added it and tried it out.
It worked.
Y'all are good. I like this group.
:)
Ben
Mike Johnson wrote:
>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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