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by **Joshua Rome** » Sun, 23 Sep 2001 00:28:05

I need help writing a script to restrict user logins to specific
userids. If anyone other than users in the group 'privusr' tries to
login, they get a message saying "SORRY, You are not authorized to
access this system...

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

by **Newbie JrSysAdm** » Sun, 23 Sep 2001 05:57:26

> I need help writing a script to restrict user logins to specific
> userids. If anyone other than users in the group 'privusr' tries to
> login, they get a message saying "SORRY, You are not authorized to
> access this system...

> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

i apologize, but i'm trying to figure out how silly this post is.

why don't you simply remove invalid users from the system? (ie, delete
their entries from /etc/passwd)

if you want to "keep them around" but not permit logins for now, then
change their attribute to "no password- setuid only"

by **Emma** » Tue, 25 Sep 2001 07:58:51

> I need help writing a script to restrict user logins to specific
> userids. If anyone other than users in the group 'privusr' tries to
> login, they get a message saying "SORRY, You are not authorized to
> access this system...

> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

You could modify /etc/profile, or /etc/csh.login to check for 'privusr'
membership (e.g. using the "groups" command).

Emma

by **Emma** » Tue, 25 Sep 2001 08:02:54

> > I need help writing a script to restrict user logins to specific
> > userids. If anyone other than users in the group 'privusr' tries to
> > login, they get a message saying "SORRY, You are not authorized to
> > access this system...

> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.

> i apologize, but i'm trying to figure out how silly this post is.

Maybe the administrator wants to prevent non-'privusr' users from logging in at specific times, e.g. during
month-end closings. It'd be rather cumbersome to remove and later re-add or to modify all your other user
accounts.

Emma

by **Joshua Rome** » Wed, 26 Sep 2001 00:52:27

> > I need help writing a script to restrict user logins to specific
> > userids. If anyone other than users in the group 'privusr' tries to
> > login, they get a message saying "SORRY, You are not authorized to
> > access this system...

> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.

> i apologize, but i'm trying to figure out how silly this post is.

> why don't you simply remove invalid users from the system? (ie, delete
> their entries from /etc/passwd)

> if you want to "keep them around" but not permit logins for now, then
> change their attribute to "no password- setuid only"

Sorry. I guess i did not make myself clear. I cannot delete users
because they still need access through a 3rd-party program (which by
the way uses the /etc/passwd to check access.) But I've figured it
out now. I modifyed the /etc/profile and now prevents non -privusr's
from loggin in to the terminal. But still lets them log in through
NT.

by **Joshua Rome** » Wed, 26 Sep 2001 00:53:58

> > I need help writing a script to restrict user logins to specific
> > userids. If anyone other than users in the group 'privusr' tries to
> > login, they get a message saying "SORRY, You are not authorized to
> > access this system...

> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.

> You could modify /etc/profile, or /etc/csh.login to check for 'privusr'
> membership (e.g. using the "groups" command).

> Emma

Thanks Emma! That's exactly what I did. Fortunately I figured it out myself.

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