Re: sFTP compared with FTP via VPN

From: mgrd (mgrd_at_gmx.net)
Date: 05/07/04

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    Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 02:25:33 +0200

    Jim Hatfield wrote:
    > On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 20:43:48 +0200, mgrd <mgrd@gmx.net> wrote:
    >>For an FTP only account it's sufficient to put `/sbin/nologin' in their
    >>passwd file
    > Not on all operating systems. From the man page for ftpd on FreeBSD:
    >
    >> The ftpd utility authenticates users according to six rules.
    >>
    >> 4. The user must have a standard shell returned by
    >> getusershell(3).
    >
    > getusershell(3) looks in /etc/shells. As installed, this looks
    > like:
    >
    >
    >>/bin/sh
    >>/bin/csh
    >>/bin/tcsh

    so condition #4 doesn't fit: works

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