From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 16 14:03:20 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA24729 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 16 Oct 1997 14:03:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from mail.netcetera.dk (root@sleipner.netcetera.dk [194.192.97.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA24720 for ; Thu, 16 Oct 1997 14:03:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from leifn@swimsuit.roskildebc.dk) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by mail.netcetera.dk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with UUCP id VAA24766 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 16 Oct 1997 21:44:47 +0200 Received: by swimsuit.roskildebc.dk (0.99.970109) id AA06826; 16 Oct 97 21:44:17 +0100 From: leifn@swimsuit.roskildebc.dk (Leif Neland) Date: 16 Oct 97 19:10:30 +0100 Subject: Re: mail account only, no login Message-ID: <186_9710162144@swimsuit.roskildebc.dk> Organization: Fidonet: UNIX-sysadm søger job To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 16 Oct 97 15:50:47 026809r@dragon.acadiau.ca (2:234/49.99) wrote to Leif Neland regarding Re: mail account only, no login in area "freebsd-questions" 0>> >> Is there a way to create "mail only" accounts? I want my bsd 0>> >> 2.1.7 machine to only deliver mail via popper 0>> If you just mean no shell, just put an invalid shell such as 0> /dev/null, and 0>> add it to /etc/shells. 0> 0> If you do that, won't that allow ftp access to that account? Don't put the shell in /etc/shells. Then ftp is disabled. Leif Neland leifn@image.dk --- |Fidonet: Leif Neland 2:234/49 |Internet: leifn@image.dk