[dwagg]

Hi Everyone,

I have added all our users to our new server and would like to control "ftp" access. There are some users that need ftp access and others I do not want to have ftp access at all.

Can someone tell me how I can accomplish this?

Can ftp access be granted in read-only mode and update mode?

thanks
Dave

[kongyw]

/etc/ftpusers and /etc/ftpaccess.ctl should do the job.

[Frans]

cat /etc/passwd |awk -F \: '{print $1}' |egrep -v "root|yourusers|otheruser" > /etc/ftpusers

I run this daily vi cron to allow root and only some users to use ftp every one else will be blocked

[dwagg]

Hi,

thanks for your replies.

I added a few names to the ftpusers file and this does block user ftp access, which is great.

I have another question/approach:

Instead of adding all user names to "/etc/ftpusers" to block ftp access, is there a way to do the opposite?

ie. create a list of users I want to have ftp access and everyone else is blocked from accessing ftp.

This way when new users get added they will not have ftp access unless added to this special list.

thanks
Dave

[Frans]

by using the script I showed you. This will stop users having ftp access
Put this in cron to run once a day

cat /etc/passwd |awk -F \: '{print $1}' |egrep -v "root|yourusers|otheruser" > /etc/ftpusers

But note that this list is users with FTP access

"root|yourusers|otheruser"

[b00tsie]

Or if you are connecting from a windows host, start using winscp, sort of ftp over ssh...