Re: ftp login only -how to?

["John D. Hardin" <jhardin wolfenet com>]

On Mon, 1 Mar 1999 osmosis arcane atfantasy com wrote:

> How do you modify an account so that the user can only login via ftp?
> 
> Thanks :)

Two steps:

First, change their login shell in /etc/passwd to something like
/dev/null. There are several options for this, I'm sure others will
chime in and present them... :)

Second, whetever shell you do use, add it to /etc/shells so that it's
considered a valid option. 

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