Creating User Account And Not Allowing Them To Login

how to create user account w/out allowing them to login to the server?

whats the point of that?
which distro?

useradd -s /bin/false username

Point may be to make a FTP user without SSH access...

Or perhaps an application requires the use of a valid username, without ever requiring a login?

Yes it's right. I'm also using such env. in our office testing server. I create user account based on project names. So, programmers can upload files and test it. The script i use:



#!/bin/bash

clear
echo
echo “# This is a automation script to create project based user.#”
echo “# Also create hosting folder and allow user based access.#”

echo
echo “Welcome $USER”
echo

echo “######################## User Guide ##########”
echo “# Please pass new user name as parameter: process.sh test #”
POSTPAR1=”$1″

echo “New user name is $1″

grep $1 /etc/passwd

if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then echo “User Exist”
else
useradd -s /bin/false $1
passwd $1
ln -s /home/$1 /opt/lampp/htdocs/$1
sudo chmod 0775 /opt/lampp/htdocs/$1
fi

Any comments will be helpful.

Thanks.