On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 12:04:41PM +0800, Migs Paraz wrote:
> How about locking out the user's account until they are ready
> to FTP.  Before they FTP, the user goes to a SSL protected site
> where they can retrieve a generated FTP session password.  This
> password will be used for FTP but will be disabled once the FTP
> session is finished.

Hi Migs!

I think this can be done with ProFTPD and its authentication
plugins, i.e., SQL or LDAP.

> This might break automated setups, though... or FTP from web
> publishing programs, perhaps?

How about setting up some password expiry based on last login or
logout.

Not elegant but looks like doable, no?

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