manually... change the line at /etc/passwd .../bin/bash to /bin/false after adding a username.
On 6/17/05, jopoy solano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You also have to add /bin/false in /etc/shells if it is not present. > > hth. > > 'Jopoy > > On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 08:42 +0800, Tito Mari Francis Escaño wrote: > > Good day! > > > > Please try to create user with this parameter: > > useradd <username> -s /bin/false > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > On 6/15/05, Neil Morata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Good Afternoon Sir/ Madam, > > > > > > > > > > > > I would just like to ask if there is a way in linux to create a user with > > > non interactive login or logon. If I created a user manually and did not > > > copy the files from /etc/skel to that user's home directory does this mean > > > that the user I created manually has a non interactive logon? Thank you > > > very > > > much in advance. > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > Neil Morata > > > _________________________________________________ > > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- Moslemen. Macarambon Jr. Interests: GNU/Linux, Networking, Security, *BSD, ISLAM Linux Registered User #179015 ( http://counter.li.org ) email: wyzemoro[at]bangsamoro[dot]com, wyzemoro[at]morofocus[dot]com homepage: http://www.wyzemoro.com _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph

