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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!classic.iinet.com.au!swing.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!news.emf.net!overload.lbl.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news.unt.edu!news From: wilsonm@spartan.hsc.unt.edu (Mike Wilson) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Using POP without allowing login's Date: 22 Oct 1995 04:43:51 GMT Organization: University of North Texas Lines: 19 Message-ID: <46ci67$p0p@hermes.acs.unt.edu> References: <46ashl$t16@shiva.usa.net> <46bp92$5qj@times.tfs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: shivapt2.hsc.unt.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.6 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.mail.misc:23127 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:7781 In article <46bp92$5qj@times.tfs.com>, julian@mailhub.tfs.com says... > >In article <46ashl$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 Or simply disable the login via login.access. Either way works just as well :) -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- wilsonm@hsc.unt.edu Mike Wilson Shadowdale Mud at dale.community.net 7777 <a href="http://www.hsc.unt.edu/~mwilson">My HomePage</a> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------