[plug] re: ftp access

[Leon Brooks]

On Monday 14 Apr 2003 15:57, Richard Henry wrote:
> I don't believe ftp connections create a shell, so the shell entry in
> /etc/passwd should be irrelevant.

So you'd think. But ProFTPd (at least) by default checks that the user's 
shell is valid before it will let a login succeed.

> In fact I think setting a shell such as /bin/false in your passwd
> file is a quick way of giving a user ftp access but not shell
> access to a machine.

True, but makes no sense in the light of your previous statement.

Cheers; Leon