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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!southwind.net!jade!stehman From: stehman@jade.southwind.net (Jeff Stehman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: FTPD software Date: 8 Jan 1997 16:43:06 GMT Organization: SouthWind Internet Access, Inc. Lines: 21 Message-ID: <5b0iqq$9gu@opal.southwind.net> References: <5aumup$33g@news.ccss.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: jade.southwind.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5548 Michael Kalogianis (mikek@shell.ccss.net) wrote: : Im running BSDI 2.1, and i am in need of a FTPD that will allow me to : create user accounts and what dir's they have access to. : Seems that the FTPD that comes with BSDI is only for anonymous users only, : or for users that can access the system via telnet as well. I just want : them to have FTP access without the having shell access.. : Is there a way to do it with the FTPD that comes with 2.1?? Provide them with a shell doesn't give them access. We use a shell script that echos a message explaining the account is for use with ftp only and terminates. As long as the shell used is listed in /etc/shells, ftpd will authenticate the user normally. -- Jeff Stehman Senior Systems Administrator stehman@southwind.net SouthWind Internet Access, Inc. voice: (316)263-7963 Wichita, KS URL for Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce: http://www.southwind.net/ict/