Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 22:49:11 -0600 (CST) From: "Lee Crites (AEI)" <leec@adam.adonai.net> To: adam@cyberhall.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Users with no shells Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970401224540.11123A-100000@adam.adonai.net> In-Reply-To: <199704020120.TAA00422@cyber1.cyberhall.com>
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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? I use /bin/date for the ones I don't want to have shell access. They log in, use their login id and password, then get the current time and date and are logged off. I had thought of writing a quick program which would print out a message of some sort (perhaps from a file), but haven't done it yet. I am close enough to talking myself into doing it that if there was some real interest, I could be talked into it. If I did write it, would the 'people in charge' be interested in including it with the system? If so, what requirements would I have to meet to have this happen? Lee
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