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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.nla.gov.au!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!cedb!dan From: dan@dpcsys.com (Dan Busarow) Subject: Re: How to permit FTP w/o giving shell access? X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Sender: usenet@news.beach.net (Charlie Root) Nntp-Posting-Host: cedb.dpcsys.com Organization: Beach.Net, the Beach Cities, California Message-ID: <Do4q7D.68z@news.beach.net> References: <4i0p0k$jtj@muenchen.photogrammetrie.de> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 00:47:37 GMT Lines: 11 Gerhard Mehldau (mehldau@photogrammetrie.de) wrote: : I would like to give some users access to a (FreeBSD 2.1) : system *without* allowing them to login directly. Change their shell to /bin/true and add /bin/true to /etc/shells Dan -- Dan Busarow DPC Systems Dana Point, California