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Date:      Wed, 25 Mar 1998 14:32:07 +0100
From:      Jos Backus <J.G.E.Backus@urc.tue.nl>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: mail account
Message-ID:  <19980325143207.B12921@asterix.urc.tue.nl>
In-Reply-To: <9803251327.AA12571@hermes.dciem.dnd.ca>; from Tim Yeung on Wed, Mar 25, 1998 at 08:26:46AM -0500
References:  <9803251327.AA12571@hermes.dciem.dnd.ca>

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On Wed, Mar 25, 1998 at 08:26:46AM -0500, Tim Yeung wrote:
> I want to set up user account just for email but no shell account 
> (no ftp and telnet or login shell).
> Is it possible? and How?

Give them /usr/bin/passwd as their login shell in the passwd file so they
won't be able to log in but can still change their password.

-- 
Jos Backus                     _/  _/_/_/        "Reliability means never
                              _/  _/   _/         having to say you're sorry."
                             _/  _/_/_/                -- D. J. Bernstein
                        _/  _/  _/    _/
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