Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 08:54:25 +1000 (EST) From: Paul Sondhu <paul@riker.comcirc.com.au> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting up user accounts but with no email access Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960515084552.11697D-100000@riker.comcirc.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199605141755.KAA12661@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Tue, 14 May 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > > I am setting up a few user accounts on our WWW server so that users can > > FTP to the server to post up their web pages into their relevant > > web page directories. > > > > How can I disable email access for these users. ie. I dont want them > > to have an email account, only an account to FTP files to. > > The easiest (grossest) way would be to define another name for > the machine and *not* put in a Cw entry for it. > > Then set up aliases for all the users that you don't want to get > mail to forward to the illegal host. > > Alternately, you could bounce mail with a refusal using an alias > script (but that would require a bit more work). > > This will keep the mail from accumulating, anyway. > > How about just setting up aliases to forward to an illegal username on the same machine. ie. I just set up 'user: noone' in the /etc/aliases file ( where user is a real user and noone doesnt exit ) and I tried to send some mail to 'user' from another machine and it bounced back. Paul. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Sondhu Email: P.Sondhu@comcirc.com.au Internet Services Manager Tel: +61 53 826 959 Computer Circuit Pty. Ltd. Fax: +61 53 826 301 27 Darlot St. WWW: http://www.comcirc.com.au/staff/paul Horsham 3400 Victoria Australia -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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