From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms-smtp-01-smtplb.ohiordc.rr.com ([65.24.5.135] helo=ms-smtp-01-eri0.ohiordc.rr.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DDvT3-0006dS-00 for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 21:19:33 -0500 Received: from [192.168.1.100] (cpe-024-033-004-163.midsouth.rr.com [24.33.4.163]) by ms-smtp-01-eri0.ohiordc.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id j2N2JOHv007822 for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 21:19:24 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:19:23 -0600 (CST) From: Adam Myrow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <20050323010847.GB25667@lava-net.com> Message-ID: References: <745646290.20050322185827@interfree.ca> <20050323010847.GB25667@lava-net.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine 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 02:19:34 -0000 On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, Igor Gueths wrote: > 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. You can put /bin/false in the file /etc/shells, and that will make the FTP daemon consider it valid. The drawback to this is, now a user could change their shell to /bin/false, and then they wouldn't be able to log in.