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From: julian@mailhub.tfs.com (Julian Elischer)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Using POP without allowing login's
Date: 21 Oct 1995 21:38:42 GMT
Organization: TRW Financial Systems, Oakland, CA
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Message-ID: <46bp92$5qj@times.tfs.com>
References: <46ashl$t16@shiva.usa.net>
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In article <46ashl$t16@shiva.usa.net>,
Chris Erskine <cigcos.cerskine@eds.com> wrote:
>system up to support mail users only without allowing them to login.


give them /bin/false as a shell


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