Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 16:10:00 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: "Jari Aalto+mail.linux" <jari.aalto@cante.net> Cc: "exim4-daemon-heavy: Use /bin/nologin instead of /bin/false in /etc/passwd" <366546-maintonly@bugs.debian.org>, "pidentd: \[security\] use /bin/nologin instead of /bin/false in /etc/passwd" <366545-maintonly@bugs.debian.org>, "login: please move nologin under /bin directory" <374525@bugs.debian.org>, mstone@debian.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, "openssh-server: \[security\] use /bin/nologin instead of /bin/false" <366541-maintonly@bugs.debian.org>, anibal@debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#366546: [Debian] login: please move nologin under /bin directory Message-ID: <20060705151000.GD76109@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <E1Fy0JI-00072N-Hc@cante> References: <20060509153807.16297.97467.reportbug@cante> <E1FsDxt-0001DV-Nv@cante> <E1FsQpg-0002x9-8H@cante> <20060620050937.GB18750@djedefre.onera> <E1Fxpms-0003TT-T4@cante> <E1Fy0JI-00072N-Hc@cante>
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--ZJcv+A0YCCLh2VIg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 08:52:28AM +0300, Jari Aalto+mail.linux wrote: > | On Tue, Jul 04, 2006 at 09:38:18PM +0300, Jari Aalto+mail.linux wrote: > |=20 > | > However nologin is a system utility it would be better kept > | > directly under root directory, if /sbin is not ideal, then > | > it should go to /bin -- to same place as "login". > |=20 > | That's up to you; we don't consider it a system utility, that's all. > |=20 > | Our hier(7) is pretty clear, and we try to stick to it: > |=20 > | /bin/ user utilities fundamental to both single-user and > | multi-user environments >=20 > FHS 2.3 reads >=20 > <http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#BINESSENTIALUSERCOMMAND= BINARIES> > /bin contains commands that may be used by both the system > administrator and by users, but which are required=20 > when no other filesystems are mounted (e.g. in single user mode). > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > As Debian follows the FHS, the correct place here seems to be > /bin according to FHS. (as where "login" is also located) =46rom my reading, it isn't, since it isn't "required when no other filesystems are mounted". Obviously, I'm not familiar with your FHS, or the historical interpretations thereof, though. Ceri --=20 That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere --ZJcv+A0YCCLh2VIg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEq9ZIocfcwTS3JF8RAqWiAJ4wmnI34yF/8u+wjKo/72TogNe+/QCfXLLg MNKOPHUJwHHtMrJuZgJuypI= =Lzp0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZJcv+A0YCCLh2VIg--
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