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  • Downvoted for suggesting /bin/sh as a shell for a ftp-only user. Use /bin/false or something similar to make sure the FTP user can't get shell access, or better yet, set up scponly in a chroot (see [sublimation.org/scponly/wiki/index.php/Install] for instructions) Commented Mar 5, 2011 at 7:19
  • Note that he wants both a sending user and a server user. The former may well be a shell account. Commented Mar 5, 2011 at 7:21
  • Good point, but I'm kind of worried about the fact that he's trying to add a server user to a distro that's apparently specifically built /not/ to have them... Commented Mar 5, 2011 at 8:54
  • It's not a distribution per se; he's doing this on a router running the OpenWRT firmware, which is something of an advanced usage but well within the kinds of things people do with OpenWRT. Commented Mar 5, 2011 at 10:31
  • What if I want to add the user to more than 1 group? Commented May 4, 2015 at 12:50