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From: les@MCS.COM (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: E-mail account without user login
Date: 14 Oct 1995 12:04:47 -0500
Organization: /usr/lib/news/organi[sz]ation
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Message-ID: <45oqjf$r2q@Mercury.mcs.com>
References: <45f35r$31f@news.inc.net> <45gu4l$riu@vnetnews.value.net>
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In article <45gu4l$riu@vnetnews.value.net>,
Patrick Greenwell <blkadder@veenet.value.net> wrote:
>Mr. Le (trien@mke.com) wrote:
>: Hi,
>: I wonder if there is a way to set up a user so he/she can get e-mail via a pop3
>: client like Eudora but will not allow him to user the username and password to 
>: login into his account (for sercurity reason).
>
>: Thanks in advance.
>
>Just specify /bin/false as their login shell.

What do you do about ftp access if you want real users to be able
to access their files but not the mail users?

Les Mikesell
  les@mcs.com