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Date:      Thu, 11 Oct 2001 08:50:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Yar Tikhiy" <yar@comp.chem.msu.su>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: bin/19755: nologin not configurable
Message-ID:  <200110111550.f9BFo2261020@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR bin/19755; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Yar Tikhiy" <yar@comp.chem.msu.su>
To: <freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org>,
	<howardjp@byzantine.student.umd.edu>
Cc:  
Subject: Re: bin/19755: nologin not configurable
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 19:41:11 +0400

 First, your solution is by no means secure. Think what would happen
 if a user linked its ~/.nologin to /etc/master.passwd.
 
 Second, have you ever heard of term "creeping featurism"?
 See http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/creeping-featurism.html
 Sorry, but a standard operating system distribution doesn't need to meet
 your every whim. There are administration tasks that are specific to your
 site,
 that you have to do by yourself.
 
 Please also take a look at login.access(5).
 

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