Proftpd does a great job of this, it can reference your /etc/passwd so user accounts can login via ftp, and it can also manage it's own users outside of /etc/passwd.. gproftpd is a nice front-end to add users, monitor logins and traffic, kick offenders etc. On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 08:51, alfracto at comcast.net wrote: > My red-hat distribution /etc/passwd file uses the script file /sbin/nologin for > non-shell users. After creating my test ftp user 'newt' and newt's password, I > edited passwd so that newt's login shell was /sbin/nologin. > > So far, newt can ftp just fine but cannot log into the box. > > Is this a real fix, or am I just hopelessly uninformed? A am more or less a > mid-range dabbler in linux. > > Alex Williamson > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list