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Disable remote login of user
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surfacto
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Mar 24, 2007, 02:30 PM
 
I have two accounts on my mac. One admin for me, and one regular for my wife. But she hates having to enter a password when she logs in or switches user, so I removed her password. But this makes me nervous because we are on wireless in the city and anyone who may gain access to the wireless network could gain access to her account without a password. I have the network encrypted with WPA2, but still it makes me nervous. I'm wondering if there is a way to disable remote login of her user.
Or am I just being paranoid?
     
memory-minus
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Mar 24, 2007, 09:32 PM
 
Edit /etc/sshd_config and add the line:

AllowUsers <Username>
Where <Username> is your account's shortname. Separate multiple usernames with a space.
     
   
 
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