Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 19:19:09 +0200 (MET DST) From: Marco Molteni <molter@logic.it> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mail account only, no login Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971016190858.689A-100000@dumbwinter.logic.it> In-Reply-To: <199710161350.KAA07037@dragon.acadiau.ca>
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On Thu, 16 Oct 1997, Michael Richards wrote:
> > >> Is there a way to create "mail only" accounts? I want my bsd
> > >> 2.1.7 machine to only deliver mail via popper and act as a
> > >> proxy (using squid).
> > >
> > >[it seems good days to promote qmail ;-)]
> >
> > If you just mean no shell, just put an invalid shell such as
> > /dev/null, and add it to /etc/shells.
>
> If you do that, won't that allow ftp access to that account?
I proposed the qmail solution. With qmail+vqpop, you can have pop
users and/or virtual domains pop users *without* having to add them
in /etc/passwd at all. Also, if you use an entry in /etc/passwd
with a (invalid) shell which is listed in /etc/shells, you allow ftp
access to that account. To disable ftp access, you can add the user
to /etc/ftpusers (assuming you are using FreeBSD ftpd).
Marco Molteni
Computer Science student at the Universita' degli studi di Milano, Italy.
"Whuffo you jump out of them airplanes?"
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