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Re:Devzat – Chat over SSH, with some nice quality-of-life fe... by SushiHippie on Friday July 19, 2024 @03:53PM (#41010421)
Wouldn't it be possible to just change the shell via 'chsh' or editing /etc/passwd to point to the text mode game for a particular user
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Re:Devzat – Chat over SSH, with some nice quality-of-life fe... by lynx23 on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @06:26AM (#41044512)
THats the theory. However, AIUI, you need a machine that only does this single application. Because if you have a user without password, that can be an issue for many other services. SMTP for instance.
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