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StringCheesian
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 Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 4:22 pm Post subject: Limiting logins at specific times of day |
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| Would you just set up a daily cron to enable the account and another to disable it? If so, what command(s) are used to enable/disable a user account? |
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chrbecke
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This can be done with PAM, I believe - but I can't tell you how to do it exactly. Have a look at /etc/security/time.conf, there are some example rules for limiting access to certain services for certain users at certain times. I guess you have to edit some files in /etc/pam.d/ as well. Have a look at the PAM docs.
If you go for the cron job, I think | Code: | | passwd --lock <login name> |
and | Code: | | passwd --unlock <login name> |
can be used to enable/disable the accounts.
HTH. |
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think4urs11
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you could use PAM to do this
have a look at /etc/security/time.conf and Security Handbook
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wynn
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| Quote: | | you could use PAM to do this have a look at /etc/security/time.conf |
This 15.5 Time Based Restrictions you may find helpful too.
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StringCheesian
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| Thanks everyone! You are each very helpful and informative. |
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