Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 07:22:52 -0700 From: dmp <dmp@pantherdragon.org> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> Cc: George.Giles@mcmail.vanderbilt.edu, freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Controlling imap access Message-ID: <3B2CBD3C.7599AB7D@pantherdragon.org> References: <15483.992767509@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
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Sheldon Hearn wrote: > On Fri, 15 Jun 2001 13:54:32 EST, George.Giles@mcmail.vanderbilt.edu wrote: > > > Is there ia way using pam to have user authenticate for imap access, but be > > unable to login ? > > You don't need PAM for this. Set the user's shell to /sbin/nologin. It depends on the IMAP daemon. Some will disallow the user if their shell is /sbin/nologin. Better to use /nonexistent. You can or add something like /usr/bin/true to /etc/shells and use that, if the daemon is picky about the user having a valid shell. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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