John, Nate, Daniel. Thank you, I will see if ProFTP has its own user system I can use as they are just uploading web content, I dont need them to be accounts on the system. This list is awesome BTW, never has any group been so helpful! I am really learning and I dont think I will go back to Windows hosting ever again. (I use OS on my desktop) -Jason On May 4, 2009, at 10:56 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > nate wrote: >> Jason Todd Slack-Moehrle wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I am confused about users. IIRC, ftp users are just ordinary users >>> on >>> the system (/etc/passwd) >>> >>> Is there an add user wizard from the command-line? >>> >> >> Quick way is typically: >> adduser <username> >> passwd <username> >> >> > > actually, useradd is the proper command. adduser is a alias >>> I dont quite get all of the steps to add a user, dont let login >>> except >>> FTP, etc, etc >>> >> >> Here I would run: >> chsh <username> >> >> and set it to something like /sbin/nologin or /dev/null, this will >> > > or... > > useradd -s /sbin/nologin username > passwd username > > and do it in one pass > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >