Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 22:51:11 -0800 (PST) From: "Joseph M. Scott" <jmscott@ainet.com> To: Graeme Tait <graeme@echidna.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Preventing/terminating remote logins Message-ID: <Pine.GSU.4.05.9812172249190.16475-100000@www.ainet.com> In-Reply-To: <3679ED2A.746B@echidna.com>
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Check out /etc/login.access, add a line like : -:ALL EXCEPT graeme :ALL and you will be the only one allowed to login, period. You may want to make it less restrictive than that, depending on your needs. * Joseph M. Scott * jmscott@ainet.com * American InfoMetrics * Modesto, CA On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, Graeme Tait wrote: > For certain administrative tasks, I need to be able to ensure I'm the > only user on a remote system - that is, I need to boot existing users > (telnet and ftp) off, and prevent new logins. > > I know I can make a /etc/nologin file, but then if I lose my connection, > I'm dead. > > Is there a safe way to block logins other than my own? > > > Also, what is the right way to forcibly remove existing users, should > they not voluntarily go away? Should I just kill all their processes? > > > -- > Graeme Tait - Echidna > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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