From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 13 14:29:51 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C91316A4CE for ; Sat, 13 Mar 2004 14:29:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from solomon.io.com (solomon.io.com [199.170.88.24]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6FE943D31 for ; Sat, 13 Mar 2004 14:29:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eighner@io.com) Received: from io.com (aus-as2-008.io.com [199.170.89.8]) by solomon.io.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with SMTP id i2DMUnah013495 for >; Sat, 13 Mar 2004 16:30:49 -0600 Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 16:29:07 -0600 (CST) From: Lars Eighner To: FreeBSD Questions In-Reply-To: <20040313180447.GA25158@keyslapper.org> Message-ID: <20040313162259.W74681@goodwill.io.com> References: <20040313180447.GA25158@keyslapper.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: user setup question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 22:29:51 -0000 On Sat, 13 Mar 2004, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > I have an odd question. > > I need to add a user to a system, but I don't want this user to be > able to log in from outside - meaning only from the console itself. > > I know root is set up this way, but I'm not sure how to do this. > > Any pointers? > > TIA > Lou > see login.access file in /etc, also man 5 login.access You can restrict the user to logging in only from the console, or to logging in only locally. I suppect you really do not mean to restrict the user to logging in only at the console, but that you mean the user should be able to log into to any local terminal. -- Lars Eighner eighner@io.com -finger for geek code- http://www.io.com/~eighner/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266