Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 01:16:01 -0800 (PST) From: Tom <bifrost@minions.com> To: Tony Byrne <tony@nua.ie> Cc: FreeBSD-alpha mailing list <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: unable to create login-less user Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001310114370.47836-100000@frond.minions.com> In-Reply-To: <n9ka9sgo0cpkec19o2v4ujpvd2piiomra2@4ax.com>
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> I'm not familiar with using "NP" in the password field of the > master.password file to prevent logins, but "*" should come close to > doing the same job. Also it might be an idea to set the shell of such > accounts to "/sbin/nologin". * is probably better as its more universally recognized as a bogus charachter in a password file. /usr/bin/yes is a much better null shell :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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