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From: Zahemszky Gabor <zgabor@CoDe.hu>
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Subject: Re: Users with no shells
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Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 11:22:17 +0200 (MET DST)
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970402002552.14749A-100000@adam.adonai.net> from Lee Crites at "Apr 2, 97 00:43:09 am"
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> 
> I got several messages telling me about /sbin/nologin.  It was a kind of
> interesting script -- curt and to the point, but without expandibility. 
> However, this is more along the line of what I was thinking of... 
SNIP


> I'm not sure if a c program would be better or not.  I suppose you could
> use syslog in a program, which might be better than mailing a message.  
> But then again, mailing me a message would make sure I saw it sooner.  I
> guess it's a tossup. (is there a way to do syslog from the shell?)

man 1 logger

Gabor