Hello Dermot,

Dermot Paikkos, 20.09.2004 (d.m.y):

> 1) yes I have that:
> popuser:x:36:15:Pop user:/var/spool/mail/popuser:/bin/false
> 
> which is fine for non-shell accounts. But as said, if someone snoops 
> my pop session they will also have my login password.

But if the user's shell is /bin/false, they won't be able to login to
gain shell access.

> And yes, they could do the same with telnet.

This can be done using every protocol that is not secured by means of
encryption. ;-)

Regards,
Christian
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