>>>>> "Sudhakar" == Sudhakar Chandra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Sudhakar> Suresh Ramasubramanian proclaimed:
>> On sun / bsd boxen, you can create a login called "newuser",
>> which drops you into a restricted shell and runs a script to
>> create a new login for yourself - complete with ftp, pop etc
>> access.
>>
Sudhakar> Are you *sure* that this is a Sun / BSD thing? Maybe it
Sudhakar> is just something that was hacked together in freenet /
Sudhakar> hobbiton. Is the new account a one-time thing? Meaning
Autotelnet already exists, search it on
freshmeat. It's a pathetic way to do it, and invariable any/all people
who give out such "newuser-gettable" accounts are blocked on many many
places, like ORBS. Even IRC servers, ban *!*@*.hobbiton.org and so on
and so forth. On the other hand ,check out zippy.shellyeah.org ... its
a lot of pain getting a shell.. but its worth it.
-- ravi
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