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Does anyone know how to restrict only certain users to log into my RHEL 5.3 cluster? I have tried using pam.d but no luck....
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    Question To restrict user login on RHEL 5.3 cluster

    Does anyone know how to restrict only certain users to log into my RHEL 5.3 cluster? I have tried using pam.d but no luck.
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    give them /sbin/nologin as login shell in /etc/passwd
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    It is connected to NIS to authenticate users, so editing local /etc/passwd wouldn't help.
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    To my shame, I must admit I never set up a NIS server.

    But I know for sure, that it hosts the same fields as a passwd does.
    So, change the default shell for the appropiate NIS users to /sbin/nologin
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