[COMP] Re: pop-only user


John Madden wrote:
> 
> > I want to add a user to my linux box that has only pop-access. How can i
> > do that?
> 
> Well, with all the accounts on Avenir Web, I just add the user and change
> their shell to /usr/bin/passwd.  That way, they can still change their
> password, but they don't have any real access on the system.  If you want
> to restrict access even further, just change it to /dev/null. =)
> 

Also if you want to prevent ftp access then you can add 
the username to /etc/ftpusers.

Just curious, anyone know if NT has this kind of configurability?
Probably does, but I know nothing about NT. :/

--
Mark

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