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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 :)



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