Re: Stopping user from logging into server

Glynn Clements (glynn@sensei.co.uk)
Fri, 7 Aug 1998 16:38:10 +0100 (BST)


Pat Grogan wrote:

> I want to limit a few users to ftp access only. Is there some way to
> define a user to be ftp only and not be able to telnet, rlogin etc?

Yep. Set their login shell to something that isn't a shell (e.g.
/bin/false). The specified program needs to be listed in /etc/shells
in order for them to have FTP access.

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Glynn Clements <glynn@sensei.co.uk>
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