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Date:      Tue, 01 Feb 2000 17:50:56 +0800
From:      Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
To:        Tom <bifrost@minions.com>
Cc:        Tony Byrne <tony@nua.ie>, FreeBSD-alpha mailing list <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: unable to create login-less user 
Message-ID:  <20000201095056.DA07F1CDA@overcee.netplex.com.au>
In-Reply-To: Message from Tom <bifrost@minions.com>  of "Mon, 31 Jan 2000 01:16:01 PST." <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001310114370.47836-100000@frond.minions.com> 

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Tom wrote:
> > 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 :)

Hmm, that appeals to my sense of BOFH. :-)

Cheers,
-Peter



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