I think you are correct that that would create an account that George would not be able to log into.
> On Jan 18, 2016, at 5:04 PM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I need/desire to set up a userID for an SSH tunnel, but not allow said user to have a login to the server.
>
> For the user to set up the tunnel with:
>
> ssh -p 1234 -L 8080:192.168.1.4:80 george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Where george would use a password instead of a stored SSH key, could george be created with:
>
> useradd -s /sbin/nologin -c "George" george
>
> passwd george
>
>
> thanks
>
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