On Sun, Sep 26, 1999 at 11:28:58AM -0600, Trenton D. Adams wrote:
> How do I prevent users from logging in? I want them to be able to access
> their email (I can't just put a * in the password)!
I think the usual way to do this is to set their shell to /bin/true or
/bin/false in /etc/passwd. If you're using PAM then maybe there's a more
sophisticated way to do it, I wouldn't know (not having ever tried it <g>).
If your users are accessing their email (I'm assuming w/ POP3) over untrusted
networks, bear in mind that the common or garden POP3 authentication
mechanism sends passwords in cleartext :-(
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