[ale] password file users shell set /bin/null?

[Yu, Jerry]

you should be the one who set ftp-only users' shell to /dev/null or
/bin/false or /bin/noSuchShell.
ftpd only read /etc/passwd and /etc/shadown for authentication purpose.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	John Wells [SMTP:jbwellsiv at yahoo.com]
> Sent:	Friday, August 03, 2001 12:16 PM
> To:	Randolph C. Karrh; Ben Ostrowsky
> Cc:	ale at ale.org
> Subject:	Re: [ale] password file users shell set /bin/null? 
> 
> ftpd won't manipulate a user's /etc/passwd entry.
> 
> 
> 
> --- "Randolph C. Karrh" <randy at NewRiverplt.com> wrote:
> > Ben:
> > 
> > Does ftpd set a shell for the user as /bin/null ?
> > 
> > Randy
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