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Date:      Sat, 8 Jul 2000 09:00:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:      James Howard <howardjp@wam.umd.edu>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: bin/19755: nologin not configurable
Message-ID:  <200007081600.JAA20281@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR bin/19755; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: James Howard <howardjp@wam.umd.edu>
To: Kelly Yancey <kbyanc@posi.net>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: bin/19755: nologin not configurable
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2000 11:57:42 -0400 (EDT)

 On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Kelly Yancey wrote:
 
 > On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, James Howard wrote:
 >
 > > I wanted to displaya specific text message when a specific user logs in
 > > using nologin.8.  But nologin only has a certain static message.  So I
 > > modified it to fix the problem :)
 > > 
 >
 >   man 5 nologin
 
 But this does not permit me to customize the message for each user.  It
 also globally disables logins.
 
 To put it simply, we have temporarily disabled new account creation (done
 through an automatic script) and wish to display (securely) a message
 saying so.  To try this out, telnet to m-net.arbornet.org and login as
 newuser (no password).  If you login as me (a staff account), you are 
 are granted access.  If you login as someone who is non-staff, you are
 given another message entirely.
 
 Jamie
 
 
 


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