[plug] adduser for email only

Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima tony at cantech.net.au
Fri Apr 7 09:29:27 WST 2000


On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Daniel Pearson wrote:

> Hey
> I'm wanting to add a user, but so that he can only use the l/p for e-mail. I
> don't want this person to be able to telnet in, ftp in, or have any
> webspace. How would I go about it?


adduser -s /bin/false freddofrog

Where freddofrog is the name of the account.

Then if the user can't login via most utils BUT pop3/imap will work


Yours Tony.

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