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what login script should i use ?
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I have had success in adding users this way:<br />
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useradd -g somegroup -d /home/username -s /bin/false username<br />
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This will create the user's home directory but not allow them to actually login to a shell. The -s /bin/false can vary depending on the flavor of linux you are using. In fact, for RedHat I fairly certain you can use /bin/false or /sbin/nologin.<br />
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Hope that helps :)<br />
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Paul
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I have had success in adding users this way:

useradd -g somegroup -d /home/username -s /bin/false username

This will create the user's home directory but not allow them to actually login to a shell. The -s /bin/false can vary depending on the flavor of linux you are using. In fact, for RedHat I fairly certain you can use /bin/false or /sbin/nologin.

Hope that helps :)

Paul

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Let me Start by saying Im very new to linux I was hosting a FTP server in Windows using<br />
3rd party software (Ability Server) also has SMTP,HTTP servers. Now I would like to let my<br />
Linux box host these services. &nbsp;So one server at a time Starting with FTP.<br />
I have the anonymous option working and the Accunts on my local box to work now I need<br />
to have a user that does not have a local login to be able to accss the server .<br />
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I'm running RedHat 9 with vsFTPd<br />
What I need is <br />
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say a username of: username<br />
when they log in I want them to go to &nbsp;/var/somefolder<br />
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how do I create a user that can not log on localy but can on ftp ?<br />
will they then have access to a shell ?<br />
and has the home of /var/somefolder 
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Let me Start by saying Im very new to linux I was hosting a FTP server in Windows using
3rd party software (Ability Server) also has SMTP,HTTP servers. Now I would like to let my
Linux box host these services.  So one server at a time Starting with FTP.
I have the anonymous option working and the Accunts on my local box to work now I need
to have a user that does not have a local login to be able to accss the server .

I'm running RedHat 9 with vsFTPd
What I need is 

say a username of: username
when they log in I want them to go to  /var/somefolder

how do I create a user that can not log on localy but can on ftp ?
will they then have access to a shell ?
and has the home of /var/somefolder 

vsFTPd

The variety of Linux distributions creates myriad issues relating to configuration and operations when computers are networked, not the least of which is the use of various network management applications, some of which are included with specific distributions, while others are standalone applications.