Kingsly John <linux-india> [Sun, May 06, 2001 at 04:30:07PM +0530]:
> On Sun, 6 May 2001, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> |/bin/false should be a good shell
> that would make the user unable to log in!!
> if u want to provide POP email u will have to allow them ppp access!
Why the hell should a user login / have ppp access if you just want to give
them pop3 mailboxes?
> but if u want shell based mail... u can try /path/to/mailclient
> (but most mailclients allow the user to access a shell so it's not at all
> foolproof)
VSNL tried something similar ... a menu / lynx based and restricted shell.
Didnt work too well, if y'all remember :)
They had the major advantage of being the only ISP providing shell access,
till a few years back. F#$%@$^ skript kiddies and spammers :(
-s
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Suresh Ramasubramanian <--> mallet <at> efn <dot> org
EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin
Sigh. I like to think it's just the Linux people who want to be on
the "leading edge" so bad they walk right off the precipice.
(Craig E. Groeschel)
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