Try setting the shell to /bin/true (and make sure this is listed in
/etc/shells). /bin/true returns a zero result and exits. It allows you to
"log in" via daemons that require a valid shell, yet won't allow
telnet-style access (no real shell, just a "true" result).
At 11:48 AM 3/13/2001 -0800, Mike Fedyk wrote:
>On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 06:55:32PM +0200, Andrius Kasparavicius wrote:
> > On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Kenneth Pronovici wrote:
> >
> > > without interactive access. I want to do this specifically for a set of
> > > users, not for all users on the machine.
> >
> >
> > you can change user's shell to /dev/null
>
>I change mine to /bin/false. It runs and gives a nonzero return code.
>
>If you try to su to a user with a shell set to /dev/null, what happens?
>/bin/false just exits the su, even from root.
>
>Mike
>
>
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