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Anyone know how to block a user from TTY login, thus forcing them to use their personal login, BUT then allowing them to su - to the blocked account?

Changing shell to /sbin/nologin/ also blocks su - access.

Do I need to use PAM to do this? Ugh.

Thanks
AJ

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passwd -l username
passwd -u username to unlock again

man passwd for more details.

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Hi,

That will lock the initial login, and also prevent su - <user> from working as well.

To enable su - <user> I had to give the users sudo access,
and prevent su to root:

ALL ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /bin/su - <user> , ! /bin/su *root*

Andrew

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