HOW TO(?): user for proftpd, not allowed to SSH

czezz · 02-08-2007, 01:59 AM

What I am trying to do is to have user that has access to proftpd but should not have access to shell (ssh).

I tryed to add /bin/false into passwd in the user entry but after that user was unable to login both ftp and ssh.

Why ? That should works!
Any suggestion what am i doing wrong ?

colucix · 02-08-2007, 02:10 AM

Which is the passwd file you are using? You have to keep passwd for proftp in a file different from /etc/passwd. Then you must specify the path to the passwd file in /etc/proftpd.conf, e.g.

Code:

AuthUserFile                    /some/dir/proftp.passwd

To create users for proftp you specify the file as in

Code:

ftpasswd --passwd --file=/some/dir/proftp.passwd <other options here> --shell=/bin/false

The users created in this way will have access by proftpd only!

bathory · 02-08-2007, 12:53 PM

Make sure that /bin/false exists and that is also listed among the valid shells in /etc/shells

Regards