FTP Only Account on Solaris 10

I need an account which only allows FTP access to a certain directory. In the past i always accomplished this vie the ftp-only shell entry in the passwd file.
Is there no more elegant solution with roles in Solaris 10
Fritz

Hello
I just had a look to the FTPD source codes on OpenSolaris.org.
Seems that this is only possibly by modifying and re-compiling the in.ftpd.
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