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   2 .TH banned 8 "20 April 1999" "Local tools"
   3 .SH NAME
   4 banned \- tells a user that he's banned
   5 .SH SYNOPSIS
   6 .B banned
   7 .SH USAGE
   8 Set a user's shell to the
   9 .B banned
  10 program's path, and put a file
  11 .B .banned
  12 in his or her home directory (owned by
  13 .B root
  14 by preference).  When the user logs in, he or she will be told to go
  15 away, given the explanation from the
  16 .B .banned
  17 file, and logged out again.  An entry is also made in the system logs,
  18 using the
  19 .B LOG_AUTH
  20 facility.
  21 .PP
  22 Don't put
  23 .B banned
  24 in the
  25 .B /etc/shells
  26 file!
  27 .SH FILES
  28 .TP 5
  29 .B .banned
  30 An explanation given to a user to explain why he or she should go away.
  31 .SH BUGS
  32 None planned.
  33 .SEE ALSO
  34 .BR chrootsh (8),
  35 .BR ushell (1).
  36 .SH AUTHOR
  37 Mark Wooding (mdw@nsict.org)