On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Rick Stevens <ricks@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Bazooka Joe wrote: >> >> I just migrated from fc4 to the latest cent. >> >> in fc4 i used /bin/false for users that I only wanted ftp access and no >> shell. >> >> That doesn't work in cent - I have to give them a shell to ftp. >> >> How do I change it so /bin/false can ftp only in cent like it was in fc? >> >> -bazooka >> >> I know this is a cent question but I didn't get any love from that list. > > The correct shell to give those users is "/sbin/nologin", not > "/bin/false". Note also that the shell FTP users are given must be > listed in the "/etc/shells" file or they won't be allowed to log in-- > even just for FTP. > > On CentOS 5, for example, /etc/shells contains: > > /bin/sh > /bin/bash > /sbin/nologin > /bin/tcsh > /bin/csh > > and the anonymous FTP user has this entry in /etc/passwd: > > ftp:x:14:50:FTP User:/var/ftp:/sbin/nologin > > so the anonymous FTP user has "/sbin/nologin" for his shell and that > is also listed in /etc/shells. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer ricks@xxxxxxxx - > - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - > - - > - Never try to outstubborn a cat. - > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > Thx that was what I was looking for. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
