From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 9 00:11:05 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4309616A41C for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 00:11:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from john@day-light.com) Received: from joseph.day-light.net (209-145-160-141.accessus.net [209.145.160.141]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F12D443D1F for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2005 00:11:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from john@day-light.com) Received: from w1 (unknown [10.1.5.36]) by joseph.day-light.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 0DBBA4F3E2; Wed, 8 Jun 2005 19:11:04 -0500 (CDT) From: "John Brooks" To: "M. Goodell" , "FreeBSD Questions" Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 19:11:06 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 In-Reply-To: <20050608224548.53538.qmail@web32406.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Importance: Normal Cc: Subject: RE: Setting Up Email Only / Very Restricted Accounts X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: john@day-light.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 00:11:05 -0000 I use a combination of postfix, courier-imap, and mysql. It eliminates the need for shell accounts. There are several good tutorials at http://www.postfix.org/docs.html -- John Brooks john@day-light.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of M. Goodell > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 5:46 PM > To: FreeBSD Questions > Subject: Setting Up Email Only / Very Restricted Accounts > > > Hello, > > What is the recommended method to setup E-Mail only accounts? I > am running a server that will host several websites and also > provide e-mail services for many site users. What I want to do is > configure each user to only have email access and *no* shell > access / ftp access of any kind. > > Is it good enough to simply use /usr/sbin/nologin as the shell > and leave it at that or is there a more secure / better way of > implementing this. > > Thank you. > > FreeBSDUtah > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >