Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 12:09:52 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> To: Chris Shenton <chris@shenton.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Restrict login access if no homedir? /etc/login.access group? Message-ID: <20010509120952.A26254@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <87heyufpji.fsf@thanatos.shenton.org>; from "Chris Shenton" on Wed May 9 12:36:01 GMT 2001 References: <87y9s6fqyn.fsf@thanatos.shenton.org> <87heyufpji.fsf@thanatos.shenton.org>
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In the last episode (May 09), Chris Shenton said:
> [bad form to self-followup, but some useful details]
>
> Chris Shenton <chris@shenton.org> writes:
>
> > 1. Prevent login access if the user's homedir is non-existent. Is
> > there a way to set this? Most systems will log you in and put you
> > in "/", not what I want.
>
> I just found a way I think can do this in /etc/login.conf (from man):
>
> requirehome bool false Require a valid home
> directory to login.
>
> But when I check the system default file, some user classes specify
> "requirehome" while others specify "requirehome@". Is there any
> significance to the "@" part, or is it just a way for humans to see
> the field without it taking effect? (e.g., it could have been written
> "requirehomeNOT" or something).
>
> The "@" bit isn't mentioned in the man page though it's used lots of
> places in login.conf.
From the login.conf manpage:
See getcap(3) for a more in-depth description of the format of a
capability database.
An @ unsets the variable; useful for resetting values when you include
other entries (with the tc= cap)
--
Dan Nelson
dnelson@emsphone.com
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