From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 66-109-36-44.ip.termserv.net ([66.109.36.44] helo=mhonline.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16Ar5t-0002em-00 for ; Mon, 03 Dec 2001 06:17:05 -0500 Received: (qmail 5688 invoked from network); 3 Dec 2001 11:16:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hudson.mhonline.net) ([209.23.50.88]) (envelope-sender ) by smtp.mhonline.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 3 Dec 2001 11:16:35 -0000 Received: from localhost (chuckh@localhost) by hudson.mhonline.net (8.11.4/8.10.2) with ESMTP id fB3BGWr00306 for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2001 06:16:33 -0500 Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 06:16:32 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Hallenbeck To: Subject: Re: a couple mail admin questions In-Reply-To: <20011202210838.A1139@asmodean.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: How about creating a normal account for Greg and putting a "logout" command in his profile? On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: > 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. > > Visit me at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh The Moon is Waning Gibbous (92% of Full)