denying a user access from the internet

Kelly D. Grills kdgrills at the-grills.com
Wed Nov 8 00:22:19 UTC 2006


On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 03:54:00PM -0500, Dave wrote:
> 
> Hello,
>    I've got a FreeBSD box that i have a user on who needs special console 
> access. I've given him access to what is required, but i do not want him to 
> be able to log in from the internet via ssh, telnet, or even a serial 
> terminal if possible. Basically if this user isn't right in front of the 
> box i don't want him accessing it. Is it possible to lock a user out to 
> this extent, i know with ssh i can do an AllowGroup option and not put him 
> in the group that would work?
> Thanks.
> Dave.

I've never personally used it, but /etc/login.access looks to be
what you're looking for. The man page is login.access(5).

-- 
Kelly D. Grills
kdgrills at the-grills.com


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