Here are the three responses I've got for my question :
I need to create a special group of users to access with ftp under
an alpha station (OSF 3.0), like anonymous but with a passwd. Is this
possible with the ftpd of OSF and how ?
>From Thomas Erskine <tom_at_clark.dgim.doc.ca>
If you were using wu-ftpd, you could use the feature which allows you to
selectively chroot any user you wish under their own subtree, if you want
to manage a bunch of different ones. To indicate that you want this, you
have only to create another subtree, just like the anonymous one, with
the same directories, programs, modes, ... and make the user's home
directory look like /subtree/./users/home. The user will be chrooted
under /subtree and their home directory will be /subtree/users/home. If
you let them have normal shell access, then their home directory will
still be the same but they won't be chrooted, unless you arrange for
their shell to do that (i.e. write your own.)
>From Tom Leffingwell
Email: tom_at_homer.bus.miami.edu
ftpadmin_at_homer.bus.miami.edu
Your best bet would be to install wuftp. I have just installed it on
our AlphaServer 1000, and it works great. It allows you to create special
users that are like anonymous, but with a password. As far as I know,
there isn't much that is possible with DEC's ftpd. That is the main
reason why we switched.
>From Rick Beebe
Richard.Beebe_at_yale.edu
Just create a regular account and give all the users the username and
password. If you don't want to allow interactive logins on that account,
replace the shell in /etc/passwd with /bin/false.
I decided to install wu-ftpd and it works well. The last solution didn't
agree me because we can see all the Unix's tree-structured.
Thanks to these three managers.
Received on Fri Dec 15 1995 - 10:56:37 NZDT