linux - how to create a user non-login but can use ssh -CD create local socks proxy

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2014-07
  • guilin 桂林

    I want share my VPS to other users, but they can only use it as a socks proxy server.

    It can allow ther user do ssh -CD 1080 -N user@host. But he can never login to the server, and modify any file.

    How to create a user like this.

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  • Ethan

    I'd like to create a user and a group both called subversion on a RHEL 5 system. I looked at the man page for useradd and I guess the command would be just be...

    useradd subversion

    However, not sure how to avoid creating a home dir. Also, I don't want it to be a user that can log in to the system.

    The main purpose is just to provide an owner for a SVN repository.


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  • John T

    You can use the -M switch (make sure it's a capital) to ensure no home directory will be created:

    useradd -M subversion

    then lock the account to prevent logging in:

    usermod -L subversion
  • rynop

    useradd -r subversion

    per man useradd:

    -r, --system create a system account

    The -r flag will create a system user - one which does not have a password, a home dir and is unable to login.