Xref: utzoo comp.unix.admin:92 comp.unix.shell:129 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!morganucodon.cis.ohio-state.edu!jgreely From: jgreely@morganucodon.cis.ohio-state.edu (J Greely) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: Logging a User Off Message-ID: Date: 12 Sep 90 08:54:08 GMT References: <1990Sep11.173008.274@mccc.uucp> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: J Greely Followup-To: comp.unix.admin Organization: Ohio State University Computer and Information Science Lines: 10 In article <1990Sep11.173008.274@mccc.uucp> pjh@mccc.uucp (Pete Holsberg) writes: >code of the passwd command and then exit if it's not 0. BUT, simply >executing "exit" doesn't abort the login; it aborts /etc/profile! What >can I execute to terminate the login of a user who fails to select a >valid password? I use "exec /bin/false". -- J Greely (jgreely@cis.ohio-state.edu; osu-cis!jgreely)