Re: Disallow logins, but allow ftp?

From: Jeff Shipman - SysProg (jeff@nmt.edu)
Date: 04/23/02 

From: Jeff Shipman - SysProg <jeff@nmt.edu>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 10:38:21 -0600

Does anybody have any tips for this?

Jeff Shipman - SysProg wrote:

> We have a machine that we would like to disallow
> ssh logins, but allow sftp connections. Is there
> a way to do this?
>
> One word about our system:
>
> Some people are allowed to login to the machine
> (through the console) and they have valid shells.
> However, all other users have their shell set
> to a shell that simply displays the fact that they
> cannot login and logs the user out.
>
> I'm not sure how that will affect how this can
> be done. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> 

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