Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 20:24:10 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: paul@riker.comcirc.com.au, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Setting up user accounts but with no email access Message-ID: <199605160324.UAA16194@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199605160107.KAA01060@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at May 16, 96 10:37:48 am
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> > 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. This dumps their mail instead of disabling it. The can still POP in and send mail, and any responses won't be bounced. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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