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Date:      Sat, 29 Mar 2003 02:49:44 -0500
From:      David Banning <david@skytracker.ca>
To:        Michael Grant <mg-fbsd3@grant.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: restricting certain users to certain things (pam?)
Message-ID:  <20030329024944.B16898@skytrackercanada.com>
In-Reply-To: <200303281546.h2SFkxNg085135@grant.org>; from mg-fbsd3@grant.org on Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 10:46:59AM -0500
References:  <200303281546.h2SFkxNg085135@grant.org>

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On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 10:46:59AM -0500, Michael Grant wrote:
> I have a requirement to restrict certain users to logging in in
> certain ways.  For example, some users can ftp, others can ftp, ssh,
> and get a shell, other users can relay mail using auth login.
> 
> I am pretty sure I can do this though pam.conf.  Has anyone actually
> done this?  Can someone slide me some examples?

I have users who collect mail via pop and webmail, and other
users who use ftp. I just put /sbin/nologin as their shell in
the password file. This prevents them from logging in.
I have heard that rsh is insecure.



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