21 Jun
2001
21 Jun
'01
14:11
Is it necessary to have a shell account on the machine? I have users which only have ftp access. Is it possible to have users with sftp but no shell?
Yes, it's possible, at least with ssh and its ssh-dummy-shell which has been designed for this purpose. However, I wasn't too successful with other shells (false, noshell, scripts, etc.).
I just tried it with false, it didn't work. Now I look out for this dummy shell and will test it.
Rejecting console access is highly recommended for sftp users just doing data transfer (e. g. for updating web pages).
Thats exactly what I want. mfg ar -- mailto:andreas@rittershofer.de http://www.rittershofer.de PGP-Public-Key http://www.rittershofer.de/ari.htm