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Date:      Thu, 16 Oct 1997 10:50:47 -0300 (ADT)
From:      026809r@dragon.acadiau.ca (Michael Richards)
To:        shawn@cpl.net (Shawn Ramsey)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mail account only, no login
Message-ID:  <199710161350.KAA07037@dragon.acadiau.ca>
In-Reply-To: <01bcd9f0$960c53e0$c4ac43cf@shawn.cpl.net> from "Shawn Ramsey" at Oct 15, 97 10:01:39 pm

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> >> 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).
> >
> >[it seems good days to promote qmail ;-)]
> 
> If you just mean no shell, just put an invalid shell such as /dev/null, and
> add it to /etc/shells.

If you do that, won't that allow ftp access to that account?

-Mike



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