ftp users /bin/bash rather than /sbin/nologin ?

anon091 · 04-10-2013, 08:00 AM

I was looking at an FTP server's /etc/passwd, and it appears that most the ftp only users have their shell set to /bin/bash rather than /sbin/nologin.

Shouldn't any account that is only used for FTP'ing have a shell of /sbin/nologin?

If I change them all to /sbin/nologin, can you think of any problems this might cause when they ftp?

jitendra.sharma · 04-10-2013, 08:13 AM

I am using CentOS and my ftp account is:-
[root@alice ~]# cat /etc/passwd |grep ftp
ftp:x:14:50:FTP User:/var/ftp:/sbin/nologin

and i am able to access with ftp user.

actuly you cant directly login with the /sbin/nologin
but system can use for the data transfer.....

anon091 · 04-10-2013, 08:17 AM

That's how I normally setup the users, but I'm wondering if there might actually be a reason I'm unaware of that an FTP user should have a regular shell.