Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2006 08:56:04 -0400 From: beno <beno@web.vi> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: User Information (Easy Questions!) Message-ID: <44D49564.6030408@web.vi> In-Reply-To: <44D48B18.3020401@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <44D478C2.5040205@web.vi> <44D48B18.3020401@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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Matthew Seaman wrote: > Note: this is potentially a problem. If the UID number gets reused for a > different account, that new user will get all the ownership rights to the > old users' files. It can often be a better policy to disable an old account > -- set the password field in /etc/master.passwd to '!!' and change the shell > to /sbin/nologin -- rather than to delete it. > Before I go trotting off and do this and potentially replace the wrong field, which one is the passwd? tick:$1$CDKLp9qt$sfo5Mi5/dB1uGZUuc5uKk0:1001:1001::0:0:User &:/home/tick:/sbin/nologin > You can also get a report on any 'unowned' files in the weekly periodic > e-mail by adding > > weekly_noid_enable="YES" > > to /etc/periodic.conf > Where does it find the email address? TIA, beno
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