My red-hat distribution /etc/passwd file uses the script file /sbin/nologin for 
non-shell users.  After creating my test ftp user 'newt' and newt's password, I 
edited passwd so that newt's login shell was /sbin/nologin.  

So far, newt can ftp just fine but cannot log into the box.

Is this a real fix, or am I just hopelessly uninformed?  A am more or less a 
mid-range dabbler in linux.

Alex Williamson

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