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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.dmv.com!devbox.dmv.com!patrick From: patrick@devbox.dmv.com (Patrick Ferguson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: A Matter of Security Date: 21 Jan 1996 09:50:47 GMT Organization: DelMarVa OnLine! Lines: 14 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4dt29n$j73@eagle.dmv.com> References: <4d0qav$9j0@gol2.gol.com> <4d15mr$ap4@atlas.uniserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: devbox.dmv.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Tom Samplonius (tom@uniserve.com) wrote: : In article <4d0qav$9j0@gol2.gol.com>, doug@gol.com says... : >o Is there a way of disabling logins except for certain users? : Change the user's shell. Perhaps just chang it to a shell script that says they : can't login into a shell. There is a file /etc called login.access with a man page also that allows you to limit login access to the system. You can specify both user/host combinations that accept or refuse logins. Patrick