[lug] ftp only login

[Nate Duehr]

On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 07:58:18AM -0700, Deva Samartha wrote:
> So far so good - but now, the ftp gives me:
> 
> Trying to connect to 192.168.5.53...
> Password:
> Login incorrect.
> 
> so, somehow the ftp demon checks for a valid login shell and seems to 
> execute it and if that fails, it bombs - or, maybe it checks for a valid shell?
> 
> - maybe I need to put the /sbin/nologin in /etc/shells...
> 
> yupp! - that works!


I don't think all ftpd's act the same way in this regard.  Some require
a valid shell in /etc/shells, some don't.

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