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Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 14:38:51 -0500
From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
To: Scott Gerhardt <scott@gerhardt-it.com>
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Subject: Re: Shells Question
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I would use login classes instead of shells; that's what they're there
for.  To toot my own horn a bit:

http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2001/06/28/Big_Scary_Daemons.html

On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 01:35:09PM -0600, Scott Gerhardt wrote:
> To disallow shell accounts for ftp and pop users etc.,
> Is it better to use /sbin/nologin or /nonexistent for a shell entry in
> /etc/passwd?
> 
> "/nonexistent" does not exist
> "/sbin/nologin"  exists and actually fires up a shell and returns
> something.
> 
> FTP users must have a valid shell but this can be set to anything in
> /etc/shells.
> 
> Can't seem to find a definitive answer to this.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> _________________________________
> 
> Scott Gerhardt, P.Geo.
> Gerhardt Information Technologies
> 
> 
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