[ale] "vacation" use

[Ryan Fish]

They can login now (to their mail only - which is exactly how it should be)
just fine; only "vacation" fails to work properly if they lack shell access.
I am wondering if there is a way to get "vacation" to work right without
giving users shell access.

-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Coleman [mailto:Christopher.Coleman at nsc.com] 
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 4:48 PM
To: FishR at bellsouth.net; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] "vacation" use

create /etc/nologin. prevents users from logging in but root still can.

Ryan Fish wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Geoffrey
> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 2:50 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] "vacation" use
> 
> Ryan Fish wrote:
> 
>>By using /sbin/nologin in /etc/passwd (done when creating the users via
>>useradd of course).  Maybe I am phrasing this wrong...  Anyway, any ideas?
> 
> 
> How about giving them a shell, but setting their password to ! or some
such?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> These are their mail accounts.  They need their password to access the
> messages...
> 
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