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FTP only user - Digerati - 2003-12-15
To add a user for ftp purpose only so they can log into their home dir and do nothing but upload and download.
use:
useradd -m -k /dev/null -s /sbin/nologin {username}
for web use - if your hosting a www site for them and only want to give them ftp access
useradd -d /var/www/html/{username} -m -k /dev/null -s /sbin/nologin {username}