Date: 24 May 1998 00:13:35 -0000 From: are.bryne@communique.no To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: conf/6739: Proposing a change to default '/nonexistent' passwd shell entry Message-ID: <19980524001335.5379.qmail@david.communique.no>
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>Number: 6739 >Category: conf >Synopsis: Proposing a change to default '/nonexistent' passwd shell entry >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun May 24 07:20:00 PDT 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Are Bryne >Organization: Communique DA >Release: FreeBSD 2.2.6-STABLE i386 >Environment: FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE >Description: In an e-mail message Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> writes: > It would (perhaps) be worthwhile adding some verbiage to the > description of the shell field to make it clearer that setting it to > refer to /sbin/nologin is the preferred technique for preventing a user > having any access to the system. The current text assumes that the > reader already possesses this knowledge. I ask him: > Then perhaps the default /nonexistent 'shell' for various password file > entries should be changed also? The response is: > It would probably make sense to have /sbin/nologin the default shell > for those accounts, yes. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Change all the /nonexistent entries in master.passwd to /sbin/nologin. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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