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From: Jamie Bowden <bowden@cs.odu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: ftp deamon
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1996 02:43:51 -0400
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On 2 Jun 1996, J Wunsch wrote:

> > make the shell /dev/null and add it to /etc/shells.

> /sbin/nologin is your friend.

/bin/true gives ftp access, while denying shell access, which is cool as 
well.

Jamie

I have my finger on the pulse of the planet.