Re: vsftpd problem on debian sarge

hultsfret <no_one_reads_it@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ok here comes my problem. I want to give ftp access to more than one
> user. All those users should be granted only ftp access to my system,
> so no shell. And I would like to have a different home directoy for
> every user, so I can chroot him there.

That's not a problem - that's the normal situation.

> The easiest way to do so was to create standard users, so
> authentification could work with /etc/passwd and they would all have
> their home directory to chroot them to. Using redhat I could then deny
> any other access to the system by gving them /sbin/false as login shell
> in /etc/passwd.

> Under debian sarge, the last option doesn't work.

It works FINE. Make sure /etc/shells contains /bin/false, or whatever
other condition whatever is your ftp server requires (such as pam
config requirements).

Peter
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