[ILUG] Restricting login access

[Martin Donlon]

You have to add this line to /etc/pam.d/ssh:
account     required        pam_access.so

Or to whatever service you wish to restrict

On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 01:05:33AM +0000, John O Sullivan wrote:
> You might need to restart sshd, or kill -HUP (pid of sshd process)
> 
> johno
> 
> On Mon, 26 Feb 2001 23:45:05 Patrick Brady wrote:
> > Hello ILUG,
> > On my linux box I wish to restrict the hosts from which I can logon.
> > So I edited 
> > /etc/login.access and added the following line:
> > -:pbrady:ALL EXCEPT LOCAL 134.226. 127.0.0.
> > I then opened a ssh session from a host not in the above IP ranges
> > and connected to the 
> > linux box without any problems.. much to my disappointment. Anyone
> > have any ideas as to 
> > why the /etc/login.access file is being ignored?
> > Thanks,
> > Patrick
> 
> 
> -- 
> First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you,
> then
> you win. -- Gandhi
> 
> 
> -- 
> Irish Linux Users' Group: ilug at linux.ie
> http://www.linux.ie/mailman/listinfo/ilug for (un)subscription information.
> List maintainer: listmaster at linux.ie

-- 
Martin
--
Bother! said Pooh, as he hid Piglet's corpse.