[TriLUG] how do I add an email account

[Jason Tower]

1. you can create a local account and disable shell access by setting 
the login shell to /bin/false or whatever.  that way it is impossible 
to login as that user, ever with the password.  not exactly what you 
wanted but it's close enough for a lot of cases.

2. use something like cyrus, which uses its own "subsystem" to handle 
mail.  user accounts are defined from within cyrus itself, rather than 
using system accounts.

jason

On Tuesday 27 January 2004 10:27, Ralph Blach wrote:
> Hi, I want to add an email account for a person without giving that
> person a home directory on my linux box.
>
> How do I do this?
>
> Thanks
>
> Chip