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Re: ProFtpd question



On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 02:49:20AM +0200, Jean-Marc Boursot wrote:

> You create the link ftponly:
> ln -s /bin/ftponly /bin/false
> 
> You add /bin/ftponly in /etc/shells.

And if I'm not mistaken, if they are somehow now able to execute the
chsh command, then they have a valid shell account they can log in to. :-(

While they shouldn't be able to run chsh, or the equivalent, putting their
shell in /etc/shells puts them that much closer to an account.

Bob



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