Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 18:14:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Alex Zepeda <garbanzo@hooked.net> To: Alex Povolotsky <tarkhil@asteroid.svib.ru> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Solution for mail pseudo-users? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907311812181.16096-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199907311359.RAA28820@shuttle.svib.ru>
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On Sat, 31 Jul 1999, Alex Povolotsky wrote: > I'm going to implement a large mail-box, with several hundreds of mail-only > users. They should never access anything besides their POP3 mailboxes and > change password via (SSLed) web interface. > > So, I don't want to add all of them to /etc/passwd. The easiest way I can think of would be to add them to /etc/passwd and set their shell and home dir to /nonexistant. Ideally you wouldn't be running any other daemons, so there'd be no real way for them to access files; but the stock ftpd, as well as sshd offer ways to disable access to specific users. Dealing with "real" users IMO is quite a bit less hackish. - alex You wear guilt, like shackles on your feet, Like a halo in reverse - Depeche Mode To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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