From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 1 17:32:23 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA22369 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 17:32:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from narcissus.ml.org (root@brosenga.Pitzer.edu [134.173.120.201]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA22361 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 17:32:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (ben@localhost) by narcissus.ml.org (8.8.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA10917; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 17:32:23 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 17:32:22 -0800 (PST) From: Snob Art Genre To: adam@cyberhall.com cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Users with no shells In-Reply-To: <199704020120.TAA00422@cyber1.cyberhall.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 1 Apr 1997, Adam D. Morton wrote: > I have perused many a FAQ without finding much on this topic-- What > is the best way to create an account with no interactive shell, but > with the ability to retrieve mail via POP? I created an account with > the shell given as /nonexistent (the "no" option in adduser), and > that seems to work fine except that adduser complains about "illegal > shell" during the check process. Are there any problems with doing > this this way? Is there a better way to accomplish this? Make /sbin/nologin their shell. > > Adam Morton -- CyberHall Inc. > Systems Administrator -- http://www.cyberhall.com > Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."