Setting up a shared repository for users with no shell login

[Sabin Iacob]

alex mitchell wrote:
> I apologize if this is a FAQ, but I haven't been able to find this in the
> docs.
>
> What I'd like to do is set up my shared repository on an Ubuntu-based
> server, and let my project team use bzr to push/pull/commit files to/from
> the repository. However, I don't want them to be able to log in and browse
> around and execute commands in the filesystem using ssh or sftp.
>
> Is there any way to do this? I've tried restricting login by setting the
> users' shell to /bin/false, which stops the users from logging in, but this
> also blocks bzr from connecting using sftp. Can I block users from logging
> in, but still allow bzr to have access to read/write to the files within the
> repository?
>   


bzr serve would be one way
ftp would be another, if you are in a controlled environment (I wouldn't 
want plain text anything over the internet)