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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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