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Will a account get locked while logging in FTP mode to a remote server whose password has already expired in UNIX

I have a FTP user id to a remote server, the password for which has expired.The account is getting locked if connection is being made in FTP mode to the server with the old(expired) password. Is ...
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Creating a proFTPd user

I'm setting up a proFTPd server so I can upload files to my webserver, but I've never tried this before. I've installed proftpd, added a user with a home folder: /home/FTP-shared and added /bin/false ...
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How can I create users with only remote ftp access on Linux server?

I'm running a Ubuntu 10.04 LTS server and I want to create users who can only access the server from ftp. What I did so far is: Install vsftpd Create new user with default login shell set to ...
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Set visible directories for SFTP access?

I am setting up SFTP access to one of my machines running Linux with the Dropbear SSH server. When I SFTP onto the machine remotely, I can see the entire filesystem on it, even if I might not have ...