Re: [suse-security] question: restrict access to a machine on user-basis

Hi Rüdiger! rüdiger erb wrote:

hello everybody,

does anyone have an idea how to restrict access to a machine on user-basis? For what I have in mind, it would be desireable, that some users can access the machine only via ftp, but not via ssh, etc.

How many different types of users do you have? If you have a group of unix users (which need ssh etc) and a group of users using linux only as a file server, you might try to authenticate against a different database. E.g. ldap or a samba-pdc for the fileservices, but not for "true" unix users, which would need a shadow entry. This is just a simple suggestion, not the general answer to your question. CU, Lars.