what happens if you just remove the shell field totally ?
I shall try this out when i get time on my box
cheerio
Robin
Sudhakar Chandra wrote:
> Nick Hill proclaimed:
> > edit /etc/passwd and make the shell field (the last field on a line) to something
> > like /bin/false or something on thoz lines. this will allow u're users to ftp
> > thru their home dir, but block telnet. U may consider anonymous access. anyway
> > ftping files in, when u cant access thru a telnet doesn't make much of a sense,
> > unless u're serving a webserver, where u're users could put their pages in...
>
> I'd like to go on record as saying that among all the answers provided to
> this Q, only this is the Right One.
>
> Here is what you need to do:
>
> 1. See if you have /bin/false, /bin/true, /usr/bin/false or /usr/bin/true.
> These are "shells".
>
> 2. Edit /etc/passwd as root and change the shell of the user whom you want
> to restrict to /bin/false (or whatever you found in step 1).
>
> 3. Edit /etc/shells and add /bin/false (or whatever you used in step 2) to
> it.
>
> 4. Restart inetd.
>
> 5. Voila!
>
> Thaths
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