On Wed, 8 Apr 1998, Bug Hunter wrote:
> You can simply add a line in /etc/passwd, with the shell set to /dev/null,
> and run 'passwd' as root to set the password in their passwd or shadow file.
> this will give them a mailbox but no shell account.
I'd set /bin/passwd (or whereever it may be) as their shell in /etc/passwd
file. So users can telnet to the machine to change their password without
being able to do anything else. Otherwise 200+ people are going to hassle
you evertime they want to change their password, in which case I don't
wanna be in your shoes :-)
cheers,
Hossein
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