Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 14:51:04 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell <scott.mitchell@mail.com> To: "J.S." <johann@broadpark.no> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /nonexistent and /sbin/nologin Message-ID: <20020126145104.B296@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20020126152437.27005e8f.johann@broadpark.no>; from johann@broadpark.no on Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 03:24:37PM %2B0100 References: <20020126152437.27005e8f.johann@broadpark.no>
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On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 03:24:37PM +0100, J.S. wrote: > What's the difference between them? /sbin/nologin is a program -- 'man nologin' to find out what it does. /nonexistent is a directory that, erm, doesn't exist. Unless you went and created it, of course. They're often used as the shell and home directory, respectively, of users that aren't allowed to log in. Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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