RE: [cobalt-users] Disable FTP Access

["Ian" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> After reading all the comments (and deciding that our way was tedious at
> best) I went back to look at the ProFTPD manual and found a "simple" way
> to do this. First of all, if you put all of these "email only" customers
> on a single IP address, it'll make your life a lot easier. Then in your
> /etc/proftpd.conf file, go down to the <virtualhost> for that IP address
> and add the following lines:
>
> <Limit LOGIN>
> DenyAll
> </Limit>
>
> In our case, the section looks like this:
>
> <VirtualHost xx.xx.xx.xx>
>         DefaultRoot             / admin
>         DefaultRoot             ~/../.. site-adm
>         DefaultRoot             ~ !site-adm
>         AllowOverwrite          on
>         DisplayLogin            .ftphelp
> 	  <Limit LOGIN>
> 		DenyAll
> 	  </Limit>
> </VirtualHost>
>
> I just added the lines, not removing any of the "now unneeded" lines to
> avoid any issues with the RaQ. Hope this helps. Thanks to everyone that
> answered this one, having to do more research made our system better
> too!

I see your point here, so might not be such a bad idea to do it that way.

I have to admit that I do really appreciate this forum, lots of good guys n gals
out there with a world of knowledge and experience to draw upon.

As always, thanks for the input and suggestions....

Mac