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.TH banned 8 "20 April 1999" "Local tools"
.SH NAME
banned \- tells a user that he's banned
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B banned
.SH USAGE
Set a user's shell to the
.B banned
program's path, and put a file
.B .banned
in his or her home directory (owned by
.B root
by preference).  When the user logs in, he or she will be told to go
away, given the explanation from the
.B .banned
file, and logged out again.  An entry is also made in the system logs,
using the
.B LOG_AUTH
facility.
.PP
Don't put
.B banned
in the
.B /etc/shells
file!
.SH FILES
.TP 5
.B .banned
An explanation given to a user to explain why he or she should go away.
.SH BUGS
None planned.
.SEE ALSO
.BR chrootsh (8),
.BR ushell (1).
.SH AUTHOR
Mark Wooding (mdw@nsict.org)