[TriLUG] shell and proftpd

[Ben Simpson]

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:
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>>I am having a problem with proftpd.
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>>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.
>>    
>>
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>Try /sbin/nologin or make sure /bin/false in is /etc/shells.
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>Mike
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