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Thanks for replying. Apart from understanding next to nothing from the link you gave me, it seems like an awfully long procedure to do every time an FTP user is added. I would use proFTPd, but I can't find where to define which users have what access etc.. from webmin. This seems like quite a hopeless case, isn't there something similar to Bullet Proof/Gene6 FTP for Linux? Keith On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 14:03, Ramon Casha wrote: > Instructions to unsubscribe from this list at the end of the message > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > There are two ways of logging into an FTP system: using the > "anonymous" user which typically has no write access and very limited > read access, or using real Linux usernames. In the latter case, you > can either use "real users" which can access all the files that they > could access if they were logged in a shell session, or "guest users" > which are locked into their home directory (they see the home > directory as if it were the root, and can't go to a higher directory). > > For added security, you can change the shell in the /etc/passwd file > into something inexistent so they can never log into a shell session > but only use ftp. > > Found some docs about this for wu-ftpd, other ftp servers like proftpd > have their own configuration: > http://www.wu-ftpd.org/HOWTO/guest.HOWTO > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Ramon Casha > Malta Linux User Group (http://linux.org.mt) > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the linux > mailing list. If you do not wish to continue receiving this mailing > list, please send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > containing only the text "unsubscribe linux" - --------------------------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the linux mailing list. If you do not wish to continue receiving this mailing list, please send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing only the text "unsubscribe linux" ------------------------------
