On Fri, 2009-09-25 at 10:38 +1200, Roger Searle wrote: > Hi, I have a kubuntu 8.04 LTS machine acting as a file server (samba) > for our network with various users / permissions set up. Given that > from time to time I use the machine for the odd desktop-related task or > to do things I've not learnt to do via ssh, it has a (normally switched > off) monitor, keyboard and mouse attached. Users are listed in the > login window, despite turning off the Users "show list" option and only > having my own username selected under "selected users" in "Login > Manager" (this seems to be somewhat broken). Anyway, as I understand > it, this is just a convenience thing and a user could still manually > enter their username and password in the login window. > > I am interested in preventing specific users from logging in locally to > a desktop but retaining their account for the purposes of serving up > files on the network. Can anyone point me in the right direction for > this? I'm not having any luck googling. This doesn't need to be > particularly clever, secure or a highly locked down configuration, just > a barrier to casual gui login attempts. > > Cheers, > Roger Try manipulating their shells ( worst case using sudo vipw ). You should be able to set them to /bin/false ( make use that's in /etc/shells ), and they will still be able to access shares.
hth, Steve -- Steve Holdoway <[email protected]> http://www.greengecko.co.nz MSN: [email protected] GPG Fingerprint = B337 828D 03E1 4F11 CB90 853C C8AB AF04 EF68 52E0
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