Re: [SM-USERS] Home Dierctory

2003-01-29 Thread Jonathan Angliss
Hello Milica, On Wednesday, January 29, 2003, Milica Jankovic erc wrote... > I have already written to ask you about a matter that perplexes me. > We administrators have been told by the people who have set up our > email server that it would be unsafe to allow users to have a home > directory, as

Re: [SM-USERS] Home Dierctory

2003-01-29 Thread Chris Hilts
>>directory. So I would like an advice on how great a risk it really is and >>what would your advice be? > What mailserver? On a *nix system, $users pretty much need $HOMEs, but > they don't need to have shell access to them. Set the default shell to > /sbin/nologin so the $user can retreive mail

Re: [SM-USERS] Home Dierctory

2003-01-29 Thread Keith Mastin
>Hello everyone! >I have already written to ask you about a matter that perplexes me. We >administrators have been told by the people who have set up our email >server that it would be unsafe to allow users to have a home directory, as >it would present a great security liability. However, I have s

Re: [SM-USERS] Home Dierctory

2003-01-29 Thread Jason Wong
On Wednesday 29 January 2003 17:43, Milica Jankovic erc wrote: > Hello everyone! > I have already written to ask you about a matter that perplexes me. We > administrators have been told by the people who have set up our email > server that it would be unsafe to allow users to have a home directory,

[SM-USERS] Home Dierctory

2003-01-29 Thread Milica Jankovic erc
Hello everyone! I have already written to ask you about a matter that perplexes me. We administrators have been told by the people who have set up our email server that it would be unsafe to allow users to have a home directory, as it would present a great security liability. However, I have seen f