From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from wsip-24-249-27-228.ri.ri.cox.net ([24.249.27.228] helo=shadwiga) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DDuMb-0005Xc-00 for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:08:49 -0500 Received: by shadwiga (Postfix, from userid 1020) id D1C06440001; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:08:47 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:08:47 -0500 From: Igor Gueths To: Rejean Proulx , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20050323010847.GB25667@lava-net.com> References: <745646290.20050322185827@interfree.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; x-action=pgp-signed; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <745646290.20050322185827@interfree.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Subject: Re: FTP And Not Shell X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 01:08:49 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 There are several ways of doing so. One of which I can think of, is to change that account's shell to /bin/false in /etc/passwd. The only problem with doing this is that some Ftp daemons require that the account have a valid shell. On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 06:58:27PM -0500, Rejean Proulx wrote: > Hello speakup, > I have an account that I want to be usable from ftp but not shell. > Is there a way of disabling shell access? > > > > -- > Best regards, > Rejean mailto:rejean@interfree.ca > Skype id: rproulx > msn: rejean@interfree.ca > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- How many chunks could checkchunk check if checkchunck could check chunks? - -- Alan Cox -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCQMGfNohoaf1zXJMRA3ZYAKC72M7ruSOCJ0Qi62h4kVrGyzZ0+gCgr+Gx 9V1MnL+R05xcXNPUd1FZ+SA= =oxdp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----