Does the FTP daemon require them to have a valid shell (listed in /etc/shells?) and /bin/false isn't? On Tue, 2004-03-09 at 09:16, Josh Close wrote: > Is there a way to have an ftp user that's not able to log onto the box? I > tried > > usermod -s /bin/false some-user > usermod -s /bin/nobody some-user > usermod -s /dev/null some-user > > All of those make it so there is a user with a pass that belong to a group > and they can't ssh in, but they also can't get in with ftp. I'm using > pure-ftpd. > > -Josh > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list