Re: Restricting logins by IP address

[Netops <michael () bluesuperman com>]

Hello,

	Not sure if IRIX has this or not but on Linux there is a file called 
login.access under the /etc directory which should allow you to do what 
you are asking.

Michael Gale



Keenan Smith wrote:
> All,
>
> I've got a machine running IRIX (SGI's Unix) and have a need to control
> access based on IP address.
>
> Similar to the way root can be restricted to logging in only at the
> console, is it possible to restrict logins by regular users to specific
> IP addresses?
>
> What I've got is a directory "ABC" and a user "Larry".  I setup Larry to
> have ABC as his home directory.  What I want to do is restrict Larry's
> login to a specific IP address so if he attempts a login from computer
> "123" it will succeed but if he tries from computer 456, it will fail.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
> Keenan Smith