"Miner, Jonathan W (CSC) (US SSA)" <jonathan.w.miner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > What about replacing their shell with "/bin/false" ? You may also need > to edit the /etc/shells file and add "/bin/false" so that FTP recognizes > it as a valid shell. There is already a shell for this purpose, it's called /sbin/nologin. Regards Ingemar