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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.com!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!news.larc.nasa.gov!maui.cc.odu.edu!fog.cs.odu.edu!bowden From: Jamie Bowden <bowden@cs.odu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: ftp deamon Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1996 02:43:51 -0400 Organization: Old Dominion University Lines: 13 Message-ID: <Pine.3.91.960603024314.2557A-100000@fog.cs.odu.edu> References: <31ac6015.1687042@199.1.196.45> <4ojno2$924@itchy.serv.net> <4osue5$sv@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: fog.cs.odu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4osue5$sv@uriah.heep.sax.de> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:107639 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:20581 On 2 Jun 1996, J Wunsch wrote: > > make the shell /dev/null and add it to /etc/shells. > /sbin/nologin is your friend. /bin/true gives ftp access, while denying shell access, which is cool as well. Jamie I have my finger on the pulse of the planet.