On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 12:13:12PM +1300, Jonathan Chen wrote: > On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 04:15:18PM -0600, Darryl Hoar wrote: > > Greetings, > > I have a machine setup running 4.7 - stable. It is an internal machine. > > How do I setup a user (so they can upload with ftp) but can't login at > > the shell ? Is this possible ? > > Set up the users with a non-existent shell (eg: /nonexistent), and add > the non-existent shell entry into /etc/shells.
Conventionally such users woud be given a shell of "/sbin/nologin", which must also be added into the list contained in "/etc/shells". The program "/sbin/nologin" already exists, so no need to create it. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
