On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 10:23:09PM +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 24 December 2012 20:46:31 David Guntner wrote: > > I think I missed part of this thread.... Look at what one by one? > > The OP is trying to lock a large batch of students (I think 3 or 4 figures) > out for the duration of the vacation. Two students have to be left with > access. But to lock each of the others out individually would be a big deal, > and the OP is looking for a method that would enable him to lock them out as > a bunch. They all belong to the same group, including the two who still have > to have access. > This is probably a bad idea for a variety of reasons, but I'll mention it as food for thought. Assuming all users use /bin/bash as their shell:
cp /bin/bash /bin/bash.real mv /bin/bash /bin/bash.bak Then change the shell for the handful of valid users to /bin/bash.real My immediate concern would be that scripts and cronjobs might not run properly with no /bin/bash available. -Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121225000756.ga21...@aurora.owens.net
