Alex Yukhimets wrote:
> > How do I create a FTP only account in my machine? I do not want this
> > account to be telnettable (ie. a shell account). Iam running wu_ftp on
> > my linux machine. I also have to do this on a machine running Solaris.
> > This other machine is running Solaris' built-in ftpd. Would I be able
> > to achieve the same there?
> >
> > Help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> This user should just have /bin/true as a shell.
That works perfectly for denying telnet connections. But attempts to
login for ftp fail with the following message -
530 User iflash access denied...
I checked my /etc/shells and noticed that /bin/true was not listed
there. Inserted a line for it and BOOM! Worked like clockwork.
Thanks a lot!
> As a joke, I know one ISP that to prevent "telnetting" put to
> everyone's account a .login file with "logout" line in there :)
> Everyone just smart enough to ftp a "better" .login gained easy
> shell access...
ROTFL!
Sudhakar
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