Re: [gentoo-security] Prevent users to login directly

[Robert Ullrich]

On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 22:35:18 -0500
Troy Farrell <troy@×××××××××××.com> wrote:

> $ man passwd
>
> ~From the man page:
>
> User  accounts  may  be  locked and unlocked with the -l and -u args.
> The -l option disables an account by changing the password to a value
> which matches no possible encrypted value. The -u option re-enables an
> account by changing the password back to its previous value.
>

I don't want that account be locked. The idea is to give a third person the
ability to emerge things without getting root. But I don't want that person to
login anonymously with the user "emerge". First he should be identified as
a valid user and then he could su to emerge.

Rob

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