Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 12:55:57 -0800 (PST) From: Marc W <mwlist@lanfear.com> To: "SF" <lists@stevenfettig.com>, "Freebsd-Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re:Users for Daemons - not logging in - how? Message-ID: <200103212055.MAA17008@akira.lanfear.com>
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> From: "SF" <lists@stevenfettig.com>
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> I'm trying to set up users for running specific service daemons, but
I don't
> want someone to be able to use that user to log into the machine via
ssh
> (which is the only way to log into the machine remotely) or the
console. I
> searched through the mail list and couldn't find the answer, but
apologize
> if this has been asked before. Would I be correct in doing something
> similar to what one does when installing qmail? I.e.:
Just set the shell to /bin/nologin.
marc.
Marc W, San Francisco, CA
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