[101113] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Deleting shells for users
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marthe =?iso-8859-1?Q?Nes=F8en?= =)
Tue Nov 24 17:39:37 1998
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 23:38:14 +0100
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From: Marthe =?iso-8859-1?Q?Nes=F8en?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?_Gangfl=F8t?= <ulva@powahtech.net>
In-Reply-To: <365B210A.FC8CED11@complete.co.uk>
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>> > I have several users added to a RH 5.0 machine so they can get their
email from IMAP. However, I want
>> > to change their accounts so they cannot access the machine. In other
words, they get no shell if they log in.
>> > What is the best way to do this? I need to be able to do this from
the command line as the GUI
>> > tools are not available. What needs to be used as a replacement for
the standard shell in each users entry.
Or try to change the shell-field in /etc/passwd to "/bin/false" :
ulva:x:500:500::/home/ulva:/bin/false
I believe this is the most correkt way to do it, but.. well it works :-)
-Ulva
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