[NTLUG:Discuss] Virtual Mail Users

[Rev. wRy]

On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 14:19, Scott Hollomon wrote:
> I am running sendmail on RH 9 and would like to provide my users with POP3 
> accounts without providing them with an account they could use to get a shell 
> on the mail server.  I've googled extensively, but the information I've 
> gotten is obtuse at best.  I am authenticating the users using Cyrus SASL 
> both for sending and receiving.  Any suggestions or pointers to documentation 
> are appreciated.

edit /etc/passwd and where it says /bin/bash change to /bin/false.

No login for them and mail works fine.

> Sorry if this shows up twice.

Ry
(assuming you are using bash as the default shell, of course)