[Gllug] Website hosting recommendations?

Stephen Harker steve at pauken.co.uk
Mon Dec 23 12:26:01 UTC 2002


Jason Clifford wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Dec 2002, Stephen Harker wrote:
> 
> 
>>>Does anyone know if sftp requires shell access? I haven't had sufficient
>>
>>It would appear so. I just tried sftping to a box with an account that 
>>has /bin/true as a shell and...
>>
>>[steve at figaro steve]$ sftp blah at server
>>Connecting to server...
>>blah at server's password:
>>Connection closed
>>[steve at figaro steve]$
>>
>>so I guess you would need a shell of some kind.
> 
> 
> Was /bin/true listed in /etc/shells?
> 
> If it isn't I would expect this behaviour.

Yes it is...
Steve


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