[8896] in Athena Bugs
Athenaized ftpd on dialups, /etc/shells
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Calvin Clark)
Wed Jan 29 16:01:19 1992
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 92 16:00:46 -0500
From: Calvin Clark <ckclark@mit.edu>
To: bugs@Athena.MIT.EDU
Cc: ftp-bugs@Athena.MIT.EDU, cfields@Athena.MIT.EDU
Reply-To: ckclark@mit.edu
The Athenaized ftp installed on the dialups rejects ftp connections from
users who have a shell not listed in /etc/shells. This is not necessary
in our environment, since anyone who can use the ftpd on the dialups has
to have an Athena account anyway. The reason that /etc/shells is
checked on vanilla UN*X systems is that a common way to create a dummy
account is to change the shell to /bin/false or /dev/null or something.
However, accounts on Athena are not disabled by changing the user's
shell. I dislike being treated like the user "nobody" for no good
reason.
-Calvin
P.S. I found ftp-bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU hardcoded into the bsd ftpd code,
which is why I'm sending it there, too. :-)
