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From: b1saboc@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_GATEWAY_FILE (Seth Bromberger)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: 2.2.2 login.conf problems?
Date: 17 Jul 1997 17:20:12 GMT
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I'm running FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE and have defined a "banned" login class
in login.conf and have edited the password file to force a (test) user (deng)
into this class. The class as defined in login.conf has the following:
banned|Denied Users:nologin=/etc/login.deny.msg
Here are my observations so far (please tell me if something's wrong):
1) /bin/cat must be in /etc/shells for this to work at all. (Are there
security implications for this?)
2) even if /bin/cat IS in /etc/shells, the nologin does not work consistently
(i.e, most of the time, the login session gets terminated before the
message is displayed, but sometimes it works -- see below).
Can anyone provide a clue as to why I'm seeing such inconsistent behavior?
Please post to this group or send mail to seth at inter<nospam>port dot net.
(remove the <nospam> and perform the appropriate substitutions.)
Sorry if this post is misdirected; I can't find a more appropriate newsgroup.
Here's an example of the inconsistency (telnetting from npsws1 to freebie,
the freeBSD box):
----- START OF LOG
npsws1 73: telnet freebie
Trying...
Connected to freebie.
Escape character is '^]'.
Local flow control on
Telnet TERMINAL-SPEED option ON
FreeBSD (freebie) (ttyp4)
login: dengConnection closed by foreign host.
npsws1 74: telnet freebie
Trying...
Connected to freebie.
Escape character is '^]'.
Local flow control on
Telnet TERMINAL-SPEED option ON
FreeBSD (freebie) (ttyp4)
login: deng
PLEASE NOTE:
Your account has been suspended. Please call the system
administrators to reactivate it.
Connection closed by foreign host.
npsws1 75:
----- END OF LOG
Thanks!
DISCLAIMER: Nothing in this post is an official position of my employer. All
opinions/statements are mine alone.
--
Seth Bromberger