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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.nla.gov.au!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!jaxnet.jaxnet.com!ns2.mainstreet.net!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!thales.nmia.com!gallup.cia-g.com!lithium From: Stephen Fisher <lithium@cia-g.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: How to permit FTP w/o giving shell access? Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 17:55:35 -0700 Organization: New Mexico Internet Access Lines: 8 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960311175429.11292E-100000@gallup.cia-g.com> References: <4i0p0k$jtj@muenchen.photogrammetrie.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: gallup.cia-g.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <4i0p0k$jtj@muenchen.photogrammetrie.de> It will work if you add their [/nonexistent] shell to /etc/shells On 11 Mar 1996, Gerhard Mehldau wrote: > I would like to give some users access to a (FreeBSD 2.1) > system *without* allowing them to login directly. I've > tried setting their shell to /nonexistent, but that also > prevents them from using ftp. Any ideas?