[SunHELP] NIS security question...

[Matt Goebel]

Hello,

  I'm setting up a nis/nfs server, and a couple of clients.  My question
is how do I configure the server to recognize the users for purposes
of recieving email, but not allow them to login.  I only want the users
to be able to log into the clients.  
  I've been looking at using the compat option in nsswitch.conf for 
passwd and group.  If I'm reading the docs correctly then I will have 
to keep entries for each user in the nis files, and the various /etc 
files, with the /etc/passwd entry for each user having /dev/null for 
the shell?
  This is with Solaris 8 on all of the boxes.

Thanks for any help,
Matt

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