Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 08:02:02 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Mike Dewhirst <Dewhirst.M@UCLES.org.uk> Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: login-less user Message-ID: <20020305080202.B77456@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <0B0368CED76DD4118E1200D0B73E9B5D041E9F02@MAIL1>; from Dewhirst.M@UCLES.org.uk on Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 05:37:58PM -0000 References: <0B0368CED76DD4118E1200D0B73E9B5D041E9F02@MAIL1>
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On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 05:37:58PM -0000, Mike Dewhirst wrote:
> how do I create a user that cannot login, but one that you could su to.. I
> want to create a user called "cvs" to give it ownership of cvsroot.
If you run 'vipw' you can create a user similar to "bin", which has no
login shell and a password field of "*".
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Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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