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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.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!olivea!hookup!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: ftp deamon Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: 1 Jun 1996 04:44:35 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4ooeb3$58j@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <31ac6015.1687042@199.1.196.45> <4ojno2$924@itchy.serv.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: anorak.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:107144 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:20434 Sean T. Lamont (zeno@serv.net) wrote: : In article <31ac6015.1687042@199.1.196.45>, Fryguy_ <fryguy@digipub.com> wrote: : > uhhm....is there a fully self contained ftp deamon out there : >for either linux or freebsd???...what i mean by this is, i want to : >give ftp acs to certain indiviuals, but i dont want to adduser to the : >shell...just the ftp deamon....in other words, not have the specific : >user acctually on the system, just in the ftpd, so that he can't get : >email or telnet in or any other activity that a normally user of the : >shell is going to have.... : make the shell /dev/null and add it to /etc/shells. no logins, just : ftp. And finger.... but I suspect that this is the only way - appart from anonymous and ftp users. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....