Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 14:55:07 +0000 (GMT) From: Scot Elliott <scot@duff-beer.com> To: Bradley Dunn <bradley@dunn.org> Cc: Gaetan Feige <Gaetan@vsg.mobistar.be>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: User security Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971205145409.20530A-100000@homer.duff-beer.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971205091912.10211A-100000@ns3.harborcom.net>
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Try giving the user an invalid shell (like /nonexistant or a valid one like /bin/false). On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Bradley Dunn wrote: > On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Gaetan Feige wrote: > > > I am wondering what is the best way to give a user access to email on a bsd > > box and block him from anything else like telnet, ftp into his account... > > Don't run telnetd, ftpd, etc. :) > > Seriously, black box mail servers that only allow access via IMAP or POP > are the way to go if you can. You can use SSH for remote administration, > and with SSH's "AllowUsers" configuration option you can specify exactly > who can connect via SSH. > > Bradley > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scot Elliott (scot@poptart.org) | Work: +44 (0)1344 899401 PGP fingerprint: FCAE9ED3A234FEB59F8C7F9DDD112D | Home: +44 (0)181 8961019 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public key available by finger at: finger scot@poptart.org or at: http://www.poptart.org/pgpkey.html
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