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Re: Re[2]: ftp server
On 19-Jan-97 Adi Flenner wrote:
>>> > ncftpd can do it.
>>> >
>>> Right now I can't check it ,but there is a file ,if I remember right
>>> named /etc/ftpusers with shells of all users that can do ftp .You
>>> simply need to add /bin/true there .
>>
>>I meant - it can restrict ftp access to home dirs only...
>>
>
>Can you send me an example how do I do it ?
A sample config file which comes with ncftpd has very detailed comments.
>>it was ....:/usr/home/nahum:/bin/tcsh
>>now ....:/usr/home/nahum:/bin/fantom
>
>I have allready tried that ( there is a special shell for this purpose
>and it called "true" ) and i didn't work.
>
>telnet was blocked but also personal ftp users were blocked (only
>ftp/anonymous worked)
/bin/true must be in /etc/shells...
BTW, does anybody know if there is a difference between using /bin/true &
/bin/false for this purporse?
Evgeny
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