Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 23:12:11 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: wmoran@mail.the-i-pa.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Users without logins Message-ID: <20010124231211.A1610@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <20010124220714.21707.qmail@mail.the-i-pa.com>; from wmoran@mail.the-i-pa.com on Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 10:07:14PM -0000 References: <20010124220714.21707.qmail@mail.the-i-pa.com>
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On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 10:07:14PM -0000, wmoran@mail.the-i-pa.com wrote: > What is the generally accepted "correct" way to create user accounts that can not be used to login? > I can think of more than one way to do this, but I was wondering if there was a method that was considered "standard" or typical. If not, what is the most used method? > Use /sbin/nologin as the shell ... (have a look at /etc/passwd for example pseudo-users). Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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