Re: No shell, Only FTP access

[bmarcum@iglou.com (Bill Marcum)]

On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 08:18:58PM +0200, Øyvind Lode wrote:
> Hello all
> 
> I running a webserver with multiple users and domains.
> I want some users to have no shell access, only FTP access to upload 
> websites and chroot'ed in their home directory.
> 
> I have all the domains located in /home/www/domainname1/ , 
> /home/www/domainname2/ etc.
> 
> I give the user proper access to the domain under /home/www/.
> I chroot'ed the user in /home/www/domainname1/
> I gave shell /bin/false
> 
> User is denied shell access but also FTP!!!
> If I give /bin/bash and test the user is logged inn and chroot'ed in 
> /home/www/domainame1/
> 
> I'm using vsFTPd.
> 
> How can I deny shell access and allow FTP?
> 
Is /bin/false listed in /etc/shells?

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