root daemon bin sys adm lp uccp nuucp listen nobody noaccess nobody4 |
The previous example lists the typical entries in the ftpusers file. User names match entries in the /etc/passwd. The list generally includes the superuser root and other administrative and system application identities.
The root entry is included in the ftpusers file as a security measure. The default security policy is to disallow remote logins for root. The policy is also followed for the default value that is set as the CONSOLE entry in the /etc/default/loginfile. See login(1).