SUMMARY: Authorizing ftp access

From: Tom Linden (tom@kednos.com)
Date: Sun Aug 24 2003 - 09:54:40 EDT


Didn't have bash listed in /etc/shells. Thanks to Fred.

Now I am not sure why this was added to unix; since the acct
info in the passwd file contains the path to the login shell.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Fred N. van Kempen [mailto:Fred.van.Kempen@microwalt.nl]
>Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 2:21 AM
>To: Tom Linden
>Subject: RE: Authorizing ftp access
>
>
>Tom,
>
>1. A user must have a passwod file entry, obviously
>2. User must have a "shell" field which is valid (meanig, the
> shell must also be in /etc/shells)
>3. User name may NOT be in /etc/ftpusers
>
>That is it.
>
>> Also, where is the log file created when the system boots?
>Hmm? /var/log/ftplog, /var/log/daemon and of course the EVM
>files.
>
>--f
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