Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 10:37:34 -0800 (PST) From: Tom <bifrost@minions.com> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> Cc: Tony Byrne <tony@nua.ie>, FreeBSD-alpha mailing list <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: unable to create login-less user Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001311034440.49191-100000@frond.minions.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001311330070.305-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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> > /usr/bin/yes is a much better null shell :)
>
> Why? Nologin was created especially for this situation, I wonder why you
> think yes is better? Nologin is doc'ed in the login(1) man page, too.
I guess I should've clarified my statement.
/usr/bin/yes is a bit funnier, especially if you're booting people out of your
system for {doing something dumb, hacking, etc}. When they login they get
blitzed off by a stream of y's. Its not handy when you have legitimate users
who've got bad passwords/etc and need them changed.
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