On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:45:58 -0800, Doug Hardie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 14, 2004, at 02:11, Josh Paetzel wrote: > > > I am looking for a way to give a user an sftp account without giving > > them a shell. So far I've tried setting their shell > > to /sbin/nologin, but when they try to log in via sftp it gives them > > a "message to long" error. > > > > Any pointers would be appreciated...I've tried the FAQ, handbook and > > google so far. > > sftp uses a ssh connection to tunnel to ftp. The connection is > actually made to your ssh port. There is also ftps which is ftp with > ssh imbedded in it (like https). With that the connection is actually > made to fhe ftp server port. ftps is available in the ports > (BSDftpd-ssl). Since it doesn't use ssh you can set the user to not > have login capability.
not to nit pick but doesn't https and ftps encrypt data via SSL not ssh. -pete -- ~~o0OO0o~~ Pete Wright www.nycbug.org NYC's *BSD User Group _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
