From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from saidin.asmodean.net ([216.254.102.192]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16AjTo-0003Hj-00 for ; Sun, 02 Dec 2001 22:09:16 -0500 Received: from raul by saidin.asmodean.net with local (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16AjTI-0000MP-00 for ; Sun, 02 Dec 2001 21:08:44 -0600 Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 21:08:38 -0600 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: a couple mail admin questions Message-ID: <20011202210838.A1139@asmodean.net> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: <20011202203638.A3267@uic.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20011202203638.A3267@uic.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i From: "Raul A. Gallegos" Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Gregory Nowak said the following on Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 08:36:38PM -0600: > I've got a couple of mail admin questions. > 1. I would like to be able to have a mail box for a user (say Greg). > I would like Greg to send his mail via smtp, and get it via pop3 or imap. > However, I would not like Greg to be able to login in to the system itself . > How would I accomplish this? > I'm assuming I'd need to add Greg to /etc/passwd, but > I'm not sure exactly what should go in there. Add the user like a normal user but fr the sehll put in something bogus like /usr/bin/false r something like that. If you want to make thing official you can actually make a shell called /usr/bin/false with an echo statement saying you cannot log into this account via a shell and put this line in the /etc/shells. We do it all the time fr mail-only users. > 2. I would like to put a quota on Greg's mailbox (/var/mail/greg). > Is this done with the regular Linux quota system, or does sendmail have its own quota control? The quota for general Linux will wrk fr this I believe but at this pint I'm nly guessing. -- I'm not under the alkafluence of inkahol that some thinkle peep I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. -- Raul A. Gallegos mailto:raul@asmodean.net - http://www.asmodean.net