Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 10:38:48 -0800 From: Alan Batie <batie@agora.rdrop.com> To: Norman C Rice <nrice@emu.sourcee.com> Cc: David Hawkins <dhawk@river.org>, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to lock out a nonpaying user? Message-ID: <19980110103848.00312@agora.rdrop.com> In-Reply-To: <19980110102326.26066@emu.sourcee.com>; from Norman C Rice on Sat, Jan 10, 1998 at 10:23:26AM -0500 References: <199801101411.GAA17813@ohio.river.org> <19980110102326.26066@emu.sourcee.com>
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--Agd0e35j3NYeGe4z Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Sat, Jan 10, 1998 at 10:23:26AM -0500, Norman C Rice wrote: > I use `vipw' to place an asterisk (*) in the first character of their > password field. > > You could use vipw to change their login program to /usr/bin/false or > /nonexistent. All these complicated solutions when there's one already built into the password file: the expiration date. I set up user's accounts so they expire at a certain time, and when they send more money, I adjust the expiration accordingly. That way the system automatically handles it, and all I have to is the odd "oh please the check's in the mail and I really need my email" extensions at the beginning of the month. I keep the paid-for expiration date in a separate file with scripts to munge things in batches for payment processing. -- Alan Batie ______ It's not my fault! It's some guy batie@agora.rdrop.com \ / named "General Protection"! +1 503 452-0960 \ / --Ratbert PGP FP: DE 3C 29 17 C0 49 \/ 7A 27 40 A5 3C 37 4A DA 52 B9 It is my policy to avoid purchase of any products from companies which use unrequested email advertisements or telephone solicitation. --Agd0e35j3NYeGe4z Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNLfAOIv4wNua7QglAQF8dgP/QWZfAtNHe0m9QFbcmkKzJes30oSU3TqO 4zqEkUIU8xDwB+haCF8fccqBjiO/QcvCh2xZi1AbVhVVO9vW8iSMvL/sjbTriBhx /FIFxpInVri9rfIYglU9cTQyMT8eF5r8z6FxmKTpI9YtvVacBi5PP4AXisQmAEFh dPwmG1NMxEU= =ilH1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Agd0e35j3NYeGe4z--
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