[CentOS] Setting up a userID for an SSH tunnel

I think you are correct that that would create an account that George would not be able to log into.


> On Jan 18, 2016, at 5:04 PM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote:
> 
> I need/desire to set up a userID for an SSH tunnel, but not allow said user to have a login to the server.
> 
> For the user to set up the tunnel with:
> 
> ssh -p 1234 -L 8080:192.168.1.4:80 george at gateway.foo.com
> 
> Where george would use a password instead of a stored SSH key, could george be created with:
> 
> useradd  -s /sbin/nologin -c "George" george
> 
> passwd george
> 
> 
> thanks
> 
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