Re: Securing the Server

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From: Robert Perlberg
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 1989 09:43

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You could have all of the uid's in /etc/passwd but with a password of
":*:" so that they can be used for lookup but not for logging in.  You
could then have a separate passwd.clients file for the real passwords.

Just an idea.  I haven't tried this.

Robert Perlberg
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc., New York
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