change their shell to something like /bin/false
Ricky C wrote:
>
> > As
> > > administrator, you will need to keep UID/GID consistent between the two
> > > systems.
> >
> >Is it possible to copy the passwd, shadow and group files from one
> >system and have them work another?
>
> I have exactly the same setup, and along the same line... what if you don't
> want to give access to users on this backup machine ?? can you just copy the
> /etc/passwd and preserve uid and gid, but leave the shadow out so users
> can't logon ??
>
> Cheers
> Ricky
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