ftp and /bin/false

[Fred Silsbee]

--- On Fri, 11/14/08, Bazooka Joe <fastfish at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Bazooka Joe <fastfish at gmail.com>
> Subject: ftp and /bin/false
> To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Date: Friday, November 14, 2008, 6:41 PM
> I just migrated from fc4 to the latest cent.
> 
> in fc4 i used /bin/false for users that I only wanted ftp
> access and no shell.
> 
> That doesn't work in cent - I have to give them a shell
> to ftp.
> 
> How do I change it so /bin/false can ftp only in cent like
> it was in fc?
> 
> -bazooka
> 
> I know this is a cent question but I didn't get any
> love from that list.
> 


do you use vsftpd?  if so as root:

vi /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
and look at the options...eqivocal wording

 selinux will intervene when you use it




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