> On Sun, 5 Nov 1995, William Bulley wrote:
> > According to Hugh Messenger:
> > > I have several users who I don't want to give shells to, but I do
> > > want to be able to dial in through my PM2's using UNIX-PW.
> > The presence of a line in /etc/shells does not mean you have to
> > "give shells to" them. The entry in the /etc/passwd file and the
> > /etc/shells file could be /bin/false (not a very useful shell!)
> > > I don't want to put /bin/false into /etc/shells !!
> > Oh. Well, nevermind... ;^)
>
> Why not just make a prog/script that returns false,
> like /bin/false, but says 'PPP Access only' if you
> login to it. Then put THAT into /etc/shells.
I've put '/bin/passwd' as shell in the user records. Now they are
able to telnet to the host and login to change their PPP password, if
they want.
regards,
Frank
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