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#! rnews 1393 bsd 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.nrv.net!usenet From: Troy Settle <pitlord@nrv.net> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: ftp deamon Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1996 15:56:20 -0400 Organization: International Society of Poor People Lines: 14 Message-ID: <31B34364.6B7D@nrv.net> References: <31ac6015.1687042@199.1.196.45> <4ojno2$924@itchy.serv.net> <4osue5$sv@uriah.heep.sax.de> <Pine.3.91.960603024314.2557A-100000@fog.cs.odu.edu> Reply-To: pitlord@nrv.net NNTP-Posting-Host: port-14.server3.nrv.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0B2 (Win95; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:107754 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:20608 Jamie Bowden 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. I rather like /bin/passwd for a shell, as it will allow the user to change his password without your intervention. just another $0.02... what? are we up to a a dime yet? -- Just another hacker wanna-be on the net (No, not Cracker) emailto:pitlord@nrv.net http://www.nrv.net/~pitlord