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Old 06-07-2005, 01:39 AM   #1
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control user access

I use wsftp on RH system , if I want to only allow my login ID to use ftp to access the RH server , what can I do ? thx
 
Old 06-07-2005, 08:05 AM   #2
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Add something like:

/bin/false

To your /etc/shells file and then change the user's shell in /etc/passwd to /bin/false

This way they can only use the built-in commands with FTP and won't be able to login by any other means without a valid shell.
 
  


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