[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Steve Kudlak wrote:
> >
> > Isn't denying ssh, going to extreme?
>
> If all you're doing is hosting web pages, why do users need shells?
> Most of the end-users I know (I'm talking non-savvy end users) prefer
> just to click on the 'upload this page with FTP' button o
Steve Kudlak wrote:
>
> Isn't denying ssh, going to extreme?
If all you're doing is hosting web pages, why do users need shells?
Most of the end-users I know (I'm talking non-savvy end users) prefer
just to click on the 'upload this page with FTP' button on their
page creator program.
A bare
> This may be because /bin/false (or /bin/true for that matter) isn't in
> /etc/shells. Some daemons check for the user's shell there. Just a guess.
yep,i read a mention about that,well,live and learn (and i learned a lot
in the last 2 weeks).
Thanks for the help
Alain
> Nils
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On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, Alain Toussaint wrote:
> > /bin/false works well. It's the default solution that I know of.
>
> problem is that wu-ftpd (what's currently in the server) doesn't allow ftp for
> user with a /bin/false shell...
This may be because /bin/false (or /bin/true for that matter) isn
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Couldn't you use hosts.deny to deny all telnet/ssh/etc access to the
> machine, then explicitely allow yourself or anyone else you'd like to have
> it through hosts.allow?
>
> If no one is to get shell access on that machine, you could simply not
> load the telnet dae
> Couldn't you use hosts.deny to deny all telnet/ssh/etc access to the
> machine, then explicitely allow yourself or anyone else you'd like to have
> it through hosts.allow?
unfortunately,no one of the admin have a static ip (i'm currently fixing it
for me and my employer but the others admins ar
Excuse me but am I the only one having problems viewing the mails. I use Mutt and
most emails I received are in HTML format. Can something be done (like we
standardized on non-HTML emails) or is HTML emails the norm here?
Thanks.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Alain Toussaint wrote:
>
> > Shellscript would work too. Hm. How about 'cp /bin/false /bin/fakeshell'?
>
> well,i'm not sure you understood the problem,you see,there's some users who
> want to be able to ftp to the box for uploading purpose (they upload their
> webpages)
> do you know of a she
Couldn't you use hosts.deny to deny all telnet/ssh/etc access to the
machine, then explicitely allow yourself or anyone else you'd like to have
it through hosts.allow?
If no one is to get shell access on that machine, you could simply not
load the telnet daemon if you have ready access to the ma
> Shellscript would work too. Hm. How about 'cp /bin/false /bin/fakeshell'?
well,i'm not sure you understood the problem,you see,there's some users who
want to be able to ftp to the box for uploading purpose (they upload their
webpages),for them,we need to enable a real shell (/bin/bash in this c
Alain Toussaint wrote:
>
> > /bin/false works well. It's the default solution that I know of.
>
> problem is that wu-ftpd (what's currently in the server) doesn't allow ftp for
> user with a /bin/false shell...
> ummm...i can't consider this solution since i don't know how to build such
> app
> /bin/false works well. It's the default solution that I know of.
problem is that wu-ftpd (what's currently in the server) doesn't allow ftp for
user with a /bin/false shell...
> If you really want to do it some other way, you might try writing a
> script or program to act as their shell - but
Alain Toussaint wrote:
>
> Hello,
> we will be changing the ftp server at ftp.cyber-horizons.com to proftpd
> (latest stable version) and i would like to know if it's possible to have a
> shell which is restricted to ftp only (presently,every users not having his
> personnal page get /bin
Hello,
we will be changing the ftp server at ftp.cyber-horizons.com to proftpd
(latest stable version) and i would like to know if it's possible to have a
shell which is restricted to ftp only (presently,every users not having his
personnal page get /bin/false for shell) ??
Thanks in adva
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