Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 10:37:48 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: paul@riker.comcirc.com.au (Paul Sondhu) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Setting up user accounts but with no email access Message-ID: <199605160107.KAA01060@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960514101101.5339A-100000@riker.comcirc.com.au> from "Paul Sondhu" at May 14, 96 10:13:00 am
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Paul Sondhu stands accused of saying: > > > 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. Symlink their mail spool files (in /var/mail) to /dev/null. > The users cannot telnet into our server since I have not given them > read or execute permission to the default shell ( tcsh ) so they cant > log onto the machine and use pine, elm, etc. Easier would be to look at /etc/login.access. > Paul Sondhu Email: P.Sondhu@comcirc.com.au -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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