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Date:      Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:57:42 -0800 (PST)
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        TrouBle <trouble@netquick.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: POP/FTP/TELNET
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911042356270.12797-100000@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <38222426.F510AE0E@netquick.net>

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On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, TrouBle wrote:

> Ok say we have four services pop/smtp/ftp/telnet
> 
> how would i say use the master.passwd file to
> 
> only allow certain users pop/smtp access without allowing ftp/telnet
> 
> or say pop/smtp/ftp but no telnet
> 
> or all four pop/smtp/ftp/telnet
> 
> is there anyway to control these services on a per user basis using the
> master.passwd with like /bin/nologin, or does this disable all services
> for that user ???

most servers will not allow someone to log in who's shell is not in
/etc/shells, most pop clients will making for useful non-login'able
accounts.

most servers also support some sort of allow/deny file system, check
each server's documentation for more details.

-Alfred



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