[TriLUG] shell and proftpd

crimsun at fungus.sh.nu crimsun at fungus.sh.nu
Fri Nov 22 16:53:33 EST 2002


On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 03:31:33PM -0500, Ben Simpson wrote:
> 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.

You need this directive in /etc/proftpd.conf:

RequireValidShell            off

kill -HUP or restart it, etc., etc.

Take care,
-Dan

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