[olug] Unix Tip: KEEP THAT USER OUT!

[Phil Brutsche]

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...

> At Fri, 13 Dec 02, Unidentified Flying Banana Phil Brutsche, said:
> > Creating /etc/nologin is an all-or-nothing.  It doesn't help you if you
> > want to temporarily prevent a certain user from loggin in without
> > affecting anyone else.

> 3) Set their shell to '/bin/false'.

<sigh> Leave it to me to forget something, especially at this time of
night.

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Phil Brutsche
phil at brutsche.us