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[Shawn Wells]

Bill Tangren wrote:
>> On Wed, 5 Dec 2007, Bill Tangren wrote:
>>
>>     
>>>> Well, you *could* do the "acceptance by logging in" thing... or you can
>>>> force them to type [yes|no].  Here's how I accomplish that.
>>>>         
>>> Firstly, thanks for the help.
>>>
>>> I've done this on a test platform, and I end up with a dialog box when I
>>> log into the GUI, but hitting the cancel button still lets me in.
>>>
>>> I DO NOT get a prompt when I ssh, nor do I get one from the text console
>>> or tty consoles (ctl+F1 through ctl+F6).
>>>
>>> Any ideas on implement this in those circumstances?
>>>
>>>       
>> Have you tried implementing this by replacing the user's shell (in
>> /etc/passwd or equivalent) with your own wrapper script?
>>     
>
> Hmmm...replace bash (or leave bash alone and replace the login shell in
> /etc/passwd) with a script that calls bash if they say OK? No, I hadn't
> thought of that. I'll try it on my test platform, and report back. It will
> be interesting to see how Windows programs like putty and winscp handle
> it.
>
>   
You can create a wrapper.  I'll look into the allowing access even when 
clicking no/cancel.

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Shawn D. Wells
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