Hello all,

I want to restrict the number of concurrent logins for a particular userid.

how can i achieve this?

Thanks in advance.

suhail

<suhailh@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hello all,
>
> I want to restrict the number of concurrent logins for a particular
userid.
>
> how can i achieve this?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> suhail

Setup an additional primary authentication method on the relevant user
account.
You'll need to define the additional primary authentication method in

/etc/security/login.cfg

and create somekind of secure script or program to return 0 or 1
depending on how many concurrent logins you want.

NB if you are accessing this account via some versions of ssh this won't
work because ssh tends to use generic Unix authentication and thus
ignores AIX authentication methods. AFAIK the latest version of OpenSSH
works correctly.

You could probably do something similar using PAM but I've never tried.


RobH

this might help

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=ma....aix+group:co-
mp.unix.aix+group:comp.unix.aix&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&group=comp.-
unix.aix&scoring=d&selm=33315046.25C%40xs4all.nl&r num=7

or just search for "maxlogin" on comp.aix.unix

Rgds
Mark

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"Mark Taylor" <member20596@dbforums.com> wrote in message
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>
> this might help
>
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=ma....aix+group:co-
>
mp.unix.aix+group:comp.unix.aix&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&group=comp.-
> unix.aix&scoring=d&selm=33315046.25C%40xs4all.nl&r num=7
>
> or just search for "maxlogin" on comp.aix.unix
>
Hi Mark,
ever used http://tinyurl.com ?

Are you in Basingstoke, UK by any chance?

RobH