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.
In addition to the previous suggestions of using /bin/false for the shell, some distributions also have /bin/nologin for non-interactive logins (IIRC, applicable to RedHat/Fedora, but I may be mistaken) -- JM Ibanez -- A good world needs knowledge, kindliness, and courage; it does not need a regretful hankering after the past or a fettering of the free intelligence by the words uttered long ago by ignorant men. -- Bertrand Russell ----- http://www.livejournal.com/~jmibanez/ http://www.mycgiserver.com/~butiki/ _________________________________________________ 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
