> # grep bob /etc/passwd > > bob:x:500:500:Bob Wilkins:/home/bob:/bin/false > > The /bin/false at the end is what does it. > No.. I tried this, but after that the FTP for this account does work anymore. ftp://bob:bobpassword@ftpserver Are you sure this is the way?? --- Richard Crawford <rscrawford@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Monday 02 May 2005 02:01, M E Fieu wrote: > > Hi.. I just create a linux account e.g account1 > > After creating this account, people can ftp , ssh > and > > sftp in to the server using this account. But is > there > > a way to restrict people from SSH using this > account > > but still allowing ftp and sftp?? (without doing > > anything on the firewall? > > Disallow a shell to the user by modifying > /etc/passwd. For example, if you > want user Bob to be able to SFTP files to the system > but not have shell > access, modify his entry in /etc/passwd to look like > this: > > # grep bob /etc/passwd > > bob:x:500:500:Bob Wilkins:/home/bob:/bin/false > > The /bin/false at the end is what does it. > > -- > Richard S. Crawford > http://www.mossroot.com > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
