Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 15:17:06 -0400 (EDT) From: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <jmcla@ocala.cs.miami.edu> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua> Cc: Brian Hopkins <hop@danny-boy.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mail account only, no login Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.96.971015150646.2526A-100000@ocala.cs.miami.edu> In-Reply-To: <199710151832.VAA00330@relay.ucb.crimea.ua>
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I wrote a simple little shell script that prints an informational message to users who try to login interactively. Then add the shell to /etc/shells. -Joe On Wed, 15 Oct 1997, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > Once Brian Hopkins wrote: > > Is there a way to create "mail only" accounts? I want my bsd 2.1.7 machine > > to only deliver mail via popper and act as a proxy (using squid). > > Yes, use /sbin/nologin as the shell for mail-only user. > > -- > Ruslan A. Ermilov System Administrator > ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank > +380-652-247647 Simferopol, Crimea > 2426679 ICQ Network, UIN >
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