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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!Dortmund.Germany.EU.net!interface-business.de!not-for-mail From: j@interface-business.de (J Wunsch) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: E-mail account without user login Date: 18 Oct 1995 16:23:31 +0100 Organization: interface business GmbH, Dresden Lines: 13 Message-ID: <46365j$7ai@ida.interface-business.de> References: <45f35r$31f@news.inc.net> <45gu4l$riu@vnetnews.value.net> <45oqjf$r2q@Mercury.mcs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ida.interface-business.de Leslie Mikesell <les@MCS.COM> wrote: >>Just specify /bin/false as their login shell. > >What do you do about ftp access if you want real users to be able >to access their files but not the mail users? ftpd should not allow access to accounts where the shell is not listed in /etc/shells. -- J"org Wunsch Unix support engineer joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de [private: http://www.sax.de/~joerg/]