Re: [LIH] ftp problem

[Babu Kalakrishnan]

Nick Hill typed:
> nikhilwiz@linux:~ > cat /etc/shells
> ....
> /bin/false
> ....

> i dont see /bin/true anywhere in the list. and still it works. voila?! ;)
> 

Try giving a user /bin/true as his shell and see if he has access to 
ftp. My bet would be on a answer of "No". (While ftp will work for users with 
/bin/false as shell).

Kala

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