[Gllug] Website hosting recommendations?

Jason Clifford jason at ukpost.com
Mon Dec 23 11:42:29 UTC 2002


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.

Jason Clifford
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