From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 1 20:48:21 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA05349 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 20:48:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from adam.adonai.net ([205.182.92.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA05342 for ; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 20:48:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (leec@localhost) by adam.adonai.net (8.8.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA11997; Tue, 1 Apr 1997 22:49:11 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 22:49:11 -0600 (CST) From: "Lee Crites (AEI)" 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? 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