Re: Mail only account

[Jon Pennington <jpennington@atipa.com>]

Sergio Matos wrote:
> 
> How can I create mail only accounts on linux?
> Thanks for the help,
> 
> Sérgio Matos

This may not be the proper way to handle it, but I use this.  After
adding the user, /etc/passwd shows:

  jpennington:x:1004:102:Jon Pennington,,,:/home/jpennington:/bin/bash

I simply change the information so that the user has no shell, and has
no home directory:

  jpennington:x:1004:102:Jon Pennington,,,:/dev/null:/bin/false

They still have access to the FTP/NNTP/UUCP servers in many situations,
but it doesn't matter because they have no place to store files.

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