Re: Restricting users

Kevin M Lynn (klynn@cyberspace.com)
Fri, 15 Sep 1995 12:39:52 -0700 (PDT)

On Fri, 15 Sep 1995, Pat McClanahan wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Sep 1995, Kevin M Lynn wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 15 Sep 1995, Pat McClanahan wrote:
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> > > I have some users that I want to restrict to only be able to send and
> > > recieve email - is there any way to use PM or Radius capabilities to
> > > restrict incoming dial-in users to certain network services?
> >
> > This is very difficult.. the only way I know of is to create a
> > configuration file for pine that specifically says that no one is allowed
> > to shell out.. and then set pine as their shell in /etc/passwd..
>
> I don't even want them to have to log in to our Unix box. I would like to
> restrict them to only using say the POP server on our server.
>
OK.. I was mistaken then.. someone before me posted the way to do it..
you'd have to limit their access by putting filters on the portmaster to
filter everything but the necessary things..

Kevin