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Date:      Fri, 22 May 1998 11:27:09 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Snob Art Genre <benedict@echonyc.com>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc:        Philippe Regnauld <regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SKey and locked account 
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.3.96.980522112610.18198B-100000@echonyc.com>
In-Reply-To: <199805212338.QAA05467@antipodes.cdrom.com>

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On Thu, 21 May 1998, Mike Smith wrote:

> If you wish to disable a user's account, you should set their shell to 
> something nonexistent.  (Note that ssh may still be a way past this.)

How?  I don't like this: isn't it standard practice across unixes to set
a nonexistent shell to disable logins?  POLA etc.


 Ben

"You have your mind on computers, it seems." 


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