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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!cancer.vividnet.com!hunter.premier.net!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.inc.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-chi-8.sprintlink.net!gol2!pb.injapan.net!user From: doug@inJapan.net (Doug Lerner) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: How to limit FTP access? Date: 27 Aug 1996 10:35:31 GMT Organization: inJapan Lines: 21 Message-ID: <doug-2708961936120001@pb.injapan.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pb.injapan.net Can someone tell me how to limit FTP access? Our members do not have a login shell (they are all /sbin/nologin), but I just noticed that they seem to have FTP access (they all know their passwords, because they use the machine for POP mail access). Is there a way I can prevent FTP logins to all but a few members? The ftpd man page suggests using the /etc/nologin file to prevent FTP access. But when I do that, not only is everybody's FTP access restricted, I cannot even telnet in for maintenance anymore! There is also a /etc/ftpusers file, but this is a file of people *not* allowed ftp access. Is there an opposite file - a file of people who *are* allowed ftp access? Thanks, Doug Lerner, Tokyo doug@inJapan.net