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In our previous exchange, Charles Stack wrote: :: :: Anyone know how to setup a Linux box to allow multiple FTP accounts without :: giving them login or mail accounts on the machine? :: :: I want to set up accounts for our customers where they can get the latest :: software applicable to them and no one else. :: :: My alternative would be to write a PHP script that would generate the HTML :: on a per client basis (I'll probably do this anyway). But, an FTP solution :: is needed first (if it can be done). I've always done accounts by hand (never had to deal with more than ten new users at a time). If you set the login shell to /dev/null they can't log in. I've never really messed with the email settings, but you could certainly set up an alias that bounces any messages sent to that userid. <userid>:<password>:9806:1998:Schutte,Carla:/<root>/Frick/Schutte:/dev/null ThiGood luck, judith -- Judith E. Bush judith@grey-cat.com P O Box 7559 AOL IM judielaine Philadelphia PA 19101 _______________________________________________ Plug maillist - Plug@lists.nothinbut.net http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug