one accout for ftp other to telnet



hi all,
if i want to have two user accounts from the same grop in unix solaries. however, i want one of them to be used only for ftp while the other for telnet. can anybody tell me how to do that?

don't open three threads to ask the same question. i deleted the other threads.

to create an account that can be used only for ftp, i would make the shell "/usr/bin/true". yeah, you can still telnet in, but you can't do anything and you will disconnect immediately. for such a user to be able to use ftp, "/usr/bin/true" must be added to the file "/etc/shells".

to create an account that can be used by telnet, but not ftp, give this user a regular shell like ksh. then add it to the file /etc/ftpd/ftpusers. this file, which is badly named, is a list of users who cannot use ftp.

and sure, both users can be in the same group if you want.

first of all sorry for putting the same question three time. but i did not know where excatly it fits. therefore, i opologize for that.

second, thank you very much for your valuable reply. however, i need some clarification please.

for the user that can only telnet i just have to add his name to /etc/ftpd/ftpusers. is this what you mean?

for the user that can only ftp. i did not get your point. what do you mean by creating shell "/usr/bin/true". i mean in the /etc/passwd file i just write shell "/usr/bin/true" in the shell space and add a line with shell "/usr/bin/true" in "/etc/shells file?

thank you again

yes just add the user to /etc/ftpd/ftpusers.

yes in /etc/passwd, make the last field be /usr/bin/true:

uftp:x:123:456:ftp only user:/home/uftp:/usr/bin/true

and yes, add
/usr/bin/true
to /etc/shells.

if /etc/shell does not exist, you must create it and add a line for all possible shells. ftpd will check this file and will kick out anyone whose shell is not in this file.

thank you very much...i really appreciate your help

hi again,
if i want to make that account that can be used for ftp only (while can not be used for telnet) bew accessable from other user (i.e., su and su - ) work. how can i do that?
thank you in advance