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# 8  
Old 01-06-2008
You could give everyone a shell of "/usr/bin/false" or some other program that just returns.
# 9  
Old 01-06-2008
Thanks Porter.
But what about the other part of the question above?
# 10  
Old 01-06-2008
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Originally Posted by Katkota
Thanks Porter.
But what about the other part of the question above?
Which "other part"?
# 11  
Old 01-06-2008
i know i'm a little thick today. but i meant the explanation of your answer when you said:
"This sounds like they should be able to read via shell access. So you export it to another box for read access via shell accounts."
# 12  
Old 01-06-2008
You have since clarified and said they don't need any form of shell access, only FTP.

BTW, can they mount their home directory using NFS from another box or use samba or similar to access their home directories? Do they have any X login mechanism?

Out of interest, what is so special about FTP for access? I would recommend scp/sftp access instead.
# 13  
Old 01-06-2008
every one of these users can access their home directory by mounting the drive on their windows machines.
Also, there's nothing special about FTP & i believe we will be going with sftp
# 14  
Old 01-06-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by Katkota
every one of these users can access their home directory by mounting the drive on their windows machines.
Using samba on the server?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Katkota
Also, there's nothing special about FTP & i believe we will be going with sftp
With public/private keys?
 
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