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From: pcc@apollo.HP.COM (Peter Craine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: Password protection on dialups
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Date: 5 Oct 89 20:20:00 GMT
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In article <8910051532.AA00387@lnic1.hprc.uh.edu> wescott@LNIC1.HPRC.UH.EDU (Andrew M. Wescott) writes:
>
>Can someone tell me a simple way to restrict login access on a couple
>of our dialup lines?  Right now we use ttys/getty .  I know you can
>add password protection with Aegis siologin/siomonit, but what if
>I'm a UNIX only installation ?
>
>Thanks in advance for any help.
>

Check out the man page for login.  You'll see a section on "Dial-Up
Security".  This will discuss /etc/d_users and /etc/d_passwd.  These
files allow only certain users (d_users) who know the dialin password
(d_passwd) to use lines that are tagged as "dialin" in /etc/ttys.
You can use both, either, or neither of these files.


                Peter Craine, NACS

*I* don't wany my own opinions.  Why would HPOLLO want them?