Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 22:29:50 +0100 From: Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.org> To: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc master.passwd Message-ID: <19981202222950.B23308@gvr.org> In-Reply-To: <19981203001601.A42552@nagual.pp.ru>; from Andrey A. Chernov on Thu, Dec 03, 1998 at 12:16:01AM %2B0300 References: <199812021517.HAA11694@freefall.freebsd.org> <19981202214708.A23000@gvr.org> <19981203001601.A42552@nagual.pp.ru>
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On Thu, Dec 03, 1998 at 12:16:01AM +0300, Andrey A. Chernov wrote: > > 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. > Hmm...the absence of a valid home dir is IMHO a feature of those types of accounts. Why not change the others so they also have a nonexistant home dir. Automatic checking of home dirs should include a check against having /sbin/nologin as a shell... -Guido To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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