On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, Stephen S M WONG wrote:

> Edit the shell setting in /etc/passwd, make /bin/false as the user's
> shell.
> 
> My 2 cents.
> 
> Stephen Wong.

I use /bin/true. but don't forget to add the entry to /etc/shells.
/etc/shells is used by ftp to validate the users. If the user does not
have a valid shell they are not allowed to ftp.

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