Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!uwvax!oddjob!gargoyle!ihnp4!chinet!randy From: randy@chinet.UUCP (Randy Suess) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Disabling logins under System V Message-ID: <1309@chinet.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Jul-87 19:50:52 EDT Article-I.D.: chinet.1309 Posted: Thu Jul 16 19:50:52 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jul-87 10:15:06 EDT References: <905@woton.UUCP> Reply-To: randy@chinet.UUCP (Randy Suess) Organization: Chinet - Public Access Unix Lines: 16 In article <905@woton.UUCP> riddle@woton.UUCP writes: >I am looking for some advice about the preferred way to temporarily >disable all user logins under System V. What I want is something >analogous to the BSD "/etc/nologin" file (or is that what it's really A friend of mine wrote a /bin/login from scratch that implements the /etc/nologin feature. I use it on my 3b2 to do just what you are asking for. It also implements the /etc/issue, chroot logins and some other niceties. Available for the emailing.. -- that's the biz, sweetheart..... Randy Suess ..!ihnp4!chinet!randy