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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


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