Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 22:14:20 -0700 (MST) From: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com> To: leec@adam.adonai.net (Lee Crites) Cc: adam@cyberhall.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Users with no shells Message-ID: <199704020514.WAA00118@seagull.rtd.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970401224540.11123A-100000@adam.adonai.net> from "Lee Crites" at Apr 1, 97 10:49:11 pm
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> =>I have perused many a FAQ without finding much on this topic-- What > =>is the best way to create an account with no interactive shell, but > =>with the ability to retrieve mail via POP? I created an account with > =>the shell given as /nonexistent (the "no" option in adduser), and > =>that seems to work fine except that adduser complains about "illegal > =>shell" during the check process. Are there any problems with doing > =>this this way? Is there a better way to accomplish this? > > I use /bin/date for the ones I don't want to have shell access. They > log in, use their login id and password, then get the current time and > date and are logged off. > > I had thought of writing a quick program which would print out a message > of some sort (perhaps from a file), but haven't done it yet. I am close > enough to talking myself into doing it that if there was some real > interest, I could be talked into it. How about 'cat filename'?? :> --don
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