RU [username]? (its gotta be tooo simple!) Llaamaboy On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 16:28:47 -0600 (CST) Vidiot wrote: > > I'm wondering what the various ways are by which to restrict user > >access on a particular machine of a RedHat Linux (mostly RH9 machines), > >in which user information is tied together by NIS?? > > So far, I tried adding the given username ("cmura") to > >/etc/security/access.conf (added the line "-:cmura:ALL"), and then > >adding lines like "auth required pam_access.so" to the /etc/pam.d/sshd > >or /etc/pam.d/login files, but this doesn't SSH login by uname "cmura". > >I'm probably missing something very basic about this process? Do the NIS > >settings somehow interfere? Or, how do I tell if PAM rules are even > >being enforced on the machine?? I don't need particularly detailed > >explanations or anything, but if someone could point me in the right > >direction(s), I'd greatly appreciate it.... > >Thanks, > > Cameron > > If you are truly mounting /etc files via NIS from a main server, than you > are screwed. The simplist way to lock someone out is to change the > password > portion of /etc/shadow with "nopass," which will keep the user from > being able > to log in. But, if you have a common shadow file, then it won't work. > > MB > -- > e-mail: vidiot@xxxxxxxxxx /~\ The ASCII > \ / Ribbon > Campaign > [So it's true, scythe matters. Willow 5/12/03] X Against > Visit - URL: http://vidiot.com/ / \ HTML Email > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list