From owner-cvs-all Wed Dec 2 13:16:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA05498 for cvs-all-outgoing; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 13:16:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nagual.pp.ru (lsd.relcom.eu.net [193.125.27.73]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA05489; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 13:16:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ache@nagual.pp.ru) Received: (from ache@localhost) by nagual.pp.ru (8.9.1/8.9.1) id AAA43823; Thu, 3 Dec 1998 00:16:02 +0300 (MSK) (envelope-from ache) Message-ID: <19981203001601.A42552@nagual.pp.ru> Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 00:16:01 +0300 From: "Andrey A. Chernov" To: Guido van Rooij , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc master.passwd Mail-Followup-To: Guido van Rooij , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG References: <199812021517.HAA11694@freefall.freebsd.org> <19981202214708.A23000@gvr.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <19981202214708.A23000@gvr.org>; from guido@gvr.org on Wed, Dec 02, 1998 at 09:47:08PM +0100 Organization: Biomechanoid Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Wed, Dec 02, 1998 at 09:47:08PM +0100, Guido van Rooij wrote: > On Wed, Dec 02, 1998 at 07:17:10AM -0800, Andrey A. Chernov wrote: > > ache 1998/12/02 07:17:10 PST > > > > Modified files: > > etc master.passwd > > Log: > > Use /sbin/nologin as shell for operator > > Replace non-existent directory for operator with / > > Why replace the non-existant home dir? Because it can be created by hacker making fully functional login in general. With /sbin/nologin shell this change needed just for consistency for automatic checking of validity of user home dirs through passwd. The next argument is that other /sbin/nologin entries use existen directories too, so this change make operator more common-looking. -- Andrey A. Chernov http://www.nagual.pp.ru/~ache/ MTH/SH/HE S-- W-- N+ PEC>+ D A a++ C G>+ QH+(++) 666+>++ Y To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message