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Create FTP user without shell

nano /etc/shells

add a line to the list "/bin/nologin"

/bin/bash
/bin/sh
/bin/ash
/bin/bsh
/bin/tcsh
/bin/csh
/bin/nologin

useradd -d /home/remotebackup/user -s /bin/nologin user > /bin/nologin 2>&1

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