[Gllug] scp / sftp comparison

[Paul Brazier]

> There has to be an account on the remote machine but it can 
> be locked.  
> Your PAM settings can affect this.

I'm a bit confused here - I've got an entry in /etc/passwd on the remote
machine but the shell is set to /bin/false (is this what you mean by a
locked account?).
This seems to make scp fail until I set the shell back to /bin/bash.
Maybe I need /bin/true or something ?(seem to remember this thread from
a while ago) 

The other posts seem to range from I definitely do need a shell to I
definitely don't ;)

But if someone is running it fine without a remote shell I guess it must
be possible.

Paul.


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