Re: [Q] How to create a FTP only account...

[Alex Yukhimets <aqy6633@is5.nyu.edu>]

> How do I create a FTP only account in my machine?  I do not want this
> account to be telnettable (ie. a shell account).  Iam running wu_ftp on
> my linux machine.  I also have to do this on a machine running Solaris. 
> This other machine is running Solaris' built-in ftpd.  Would I be able
> to achieve the same there?
> 
> Help would be greatly appreciated.

This user should just have /bin/true as a shell.

As a joke, I know one ISP that to prevent "telnetting" put to
everyone's account a .login file with "logout" line in there :)
Everyone just smart enough to ftp a "better" .login gained easy
shell access...

Alex Y.

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