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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!oleane!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.usaor.net!usenet From: Cathy Fabry <cathy@usaor.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Mail only account? Date: Sun, 09 Jun 1996 12:35:15 -0400 Organization: Tata Lines: 15 Message-ID: <31BAFD43.279@usaor.net> References: <bbrewer-0506962337550001@news.succeed.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dyn83.usaor.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win95; I) Bryan Brewer wrote: > > using bsdi 2.1 > > Is there a way to set up pop account only? some clients would like extra > mailboxes, is it possible to adduser, but limit the account to mail > service only? Create a file in /bin called 'false' set the mode to 555. Add the following line to /etc/shells: /bin/false Now when you do adduser set the shell to /bin/false. The will be able to pop mail but not to login. --brian