From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 28 01:14:09 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5146D16A4CE for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2003 01:14:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from dsl-mail.kamp.net (mail.kamp-dsl.de [195.62.99.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4A49C43F3F for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2003 01:14:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from me@farid-hajji.de) Received: (qmail 609 invoked by uid 505); 28 Nov 2003 09:16:00 -0000 Received: from me@farid-hajji.de by dsl-mail by uid 502 with qmail-scanner-1.14 (spamassassin: 2.43. Clear:SA:0(0.0/5.0):. Processed in 0.576268 secs); 28 Nov 2003 09:16:00 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 Received: from unknown (HELO fw) (213.146.115.42) by dsl-mail.kamp.net with SMTP; 28 Nov 2003 09:16:00 -0000 From: Farid Hajji To: "Julian C. Dunn" Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 10:13:25 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <1069991237.2759.263.camel@jupiter.acf.aquezada.com> In-Reply-To: <1069991237.2759.263.camel@jupiter.acf.aquezada.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200311281013.25726.me@farid-hajji.de> cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help with login.conf session limiting X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: me@farid-hajji.de List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 09:14:09 -0000 On Friday 28 November 2003 04:47 am, Julian C. Dunn wrote: > I wonder if any of you have ever tried to restrict the # of simultaneous > sessions on a FreeBSD box using login.conf. I'm trying to use the > 'sessionlimit' but it appears to be doing diddly squat. The class in > question is the following "subshell" one: login.conf is only used by login(1), not by sshd. Try setting UseLogin in /etc/ssh/sshd_config if you want sshd to use login, and therefore these settings. Beware: this is NOT recommended. > - Julian -- Farid Hajji. http://www.farid-hajji.net/address.html