Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 13:30:50 -0500 (CDT) From: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com> To: froden@bigblue.no Cc: davidn@blaze.net.au, isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Denying expired users POP? Message-ID: <199609161830.NAA05985@brasil.moneng.mei.com> In-Reply-To: <199609161553.RAA09216@login.bigblue.no> from "Frode Nordahl" at Sep 16, 96 05:02:51 pm
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> >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > >On Mon, 16 Sep 1996, Frode Nordahl wrote: > > > >>>yes, for expired user, we normally change their login shell, when compiling > >>>qpopper, make that shell to deny mail. > >> > >>That is not a option. I want it to use the expire date field in the passwd file. Changing the shell is just extra > >>labour. > > > >Well, I certainly agree it isn't optimal. But writing a script to > >change the passwd file (after looking at the expiry date) > >wouldn't be particularly difficult. > > If there is no other option, I guess I have to do that then :-( Would it be smarter to create a patch to do the expiration thing, and then submit it someplace where folks are likely to find it useful? I don't know who maintains qpopper, but if they're not willing to support a vendor specific extension, it would still be nice to have it as a "patch" that got bundled along with the FreeBSD port. ... JG
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