On 08.07.02, 15:33:40, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, Shyam Kumar Mangayil wrote:
> 
> > I am hosting a couple of sites at my server , and my style is by
> > creating a username - password for every client that I host : Some may
> > have to be denied telnet , others ftp .
> 
> To deny users from telnet, set the shell to /sbin/nologin

That would deny them any shell access, not only via telnet, but also
via ssh, rsh or local console login. If that is what you want ...?

> To deny users from ftp, use /etc/ftpusers
> 
> 	Johnny
> 
> Johnny Billquist                  || "I'm on a bus

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