FTP ids

[Ali Sunderji]

Does anyone know how to create FTP id's ( as opposed to regular Unix id's) in Unix.

Does this make sense, I have sense, I have never done one of these

many thanks in advance

[Ian Dennison_1]

An FTP Userid is a UNIX ID that has been banned from logging in. Yuu can either set up your system for anonymous FTP (anyone), or set up a Userid, and set their Shell Path to /usr/bin/false in /etc/passwd (prevents them logging in via telnet).

A man on 'ftpd' states that Users must first be in the /etc/passwd file before ftpd access is granted.

How many Users are we talking about here?

Share and Enjoy! Ian

[Jeff Machols]

Ali,

take a look at this thread:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x714fa22831ebd5118ff40090279cd0f9,00.html

[Helen French]

hi,

Check this document in HP's knowledge base:

A5651654

HTH,
Shiju

[Ali Sunderji]

Thanks Ian.. just 2 users ..They are only going to be setup for duration a a project and then deleted..

[Anthony deRito]

Ali, keep in mind that anonymous login has its security implications. My choice was to create "guest" accounts in accordance with the features of wu-ftpd. Check out http://www.landfield.com/wu-ftpd/. Its easy to use and configure and has many security features for ftp "guest" users.

Tony

[Sanjay_6]

hi Ali,

Try these links,

http://us-support2.external.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/sid=98f0337204d483f955/screen=ckiDisplayDocument?docId=200000057370859

http://us-support2.external.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/sid=98f0337204d483f955/screen=ckiDisplayDocument?docId=200000042272887

Hope this helps.

Regds

[Darrell Allen]

Hi Ali,

As Ian says, set their shell to /usr/bin/false. Then verify /etc/shells has /usr/bin/false in it. If you create /etc/shells, be sure to put all used shells in it.

An easy way to create /etc/shells without omitting a shell by accident is:
awk -F: '{print $NF}' /etc/passwd | sort -u >/etc/shells

Darrell

[Uday_S_Ankolekar]

Hi,

HP document says,
Here's the instructions on achieving your design for ftp access into the server:

1)load in PHNE_23949 (or latest ftp/ftpd). This patch resolves a couple of
issues with ftpaccess.

2) create a user via SAM (eg. user= test1 group= none)

3) This user has ONLY ftp access, so it would be wise to
code the start-up program as /usr/bin/false

4) For the home directory, specify /home//. eg:
/home/test1/./ (explanation in man ftpaccess)/etc/passwd looks like
test1:qXznDQ1RUwqZ6:115:20:,,,:/home/test1/./:/usr/bin/false
**ignore the error with SAM not being able to create a /. directory.

5) all other questions in SAM are as per normal.

6) ensure that /usr/bin/false is also coded in a file /etc/shells

7) then edit-create the file /etc/ftpd/ftpaccess to have these lines:
class all test1,guest * <-- line#1
guestgroup none <-- line#2
limit all 5 Any /no-more-ftp-access <-- line#3
noretrieve /etc/passwd core <-- line#4

with #chmod 444 ftpaccess
#chown bin:bin ftpaccess

Explanation:
line#1 : 'class' is a verb
'all' is a class of users;
you can call it anything you like.
'guest' is a verb ???test1??? is the user name
'*' is the range of users allowed to ftp
into the machine.
You can restrict this further if you want to.
Do a man ftpaccess

line#2 : 'guestgroup' is a verb
: 'none' is the group name of the users
that have been coded via SAM
(see /etc/group to find out what group
that has)

line#3 : 'limit' is a verb
'all' as per line#1,the class of users.
'5' is the number of ftp sessions; in this case
its five.
You can change it to any number of your choice.
'Any' , do a man ftpaccess for explanation
'/no-more-ftp-access' is a filename that
contains a message to be displayed when the
limit is reached.

line#4 : types of files to restrict

8) then edit /etc/inetd.conf to add in '-a' argument for ftpd; thus:
ftp stream tcp nowait root /usr/lbin/ftpd ftpd -l -a

9) inetd -c (to re-read the configuration file)

10) Create the following subdirecties and files:
a. ~test1/usr
#chown ???R bin:bin usr
#chmod 555 usr
b. ~test1/usr/bin
#chown root bin
#chmod 555 bin
#cp -p /sbin/ls ~test1/usr/bin/ls

11) The ~test1/usr/bin/ls allows the use of the 'ls' command in ftp to find out
the files that are present in their directory.

12) test to verify