Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 09:42:16 -0700 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Chris Brennan <xaero@xaerolimit.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: unprivledged users (for a service) Message-ID: <238F0CF5-33DC-4F9A-88E3-F8356E125573@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20110815163659.GA22081@gmail.com> References: <20110815163659.GA22081@gmail.com>
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On Aug 15, 2011, at 9:37 AM, Chris Brennan wrote: > It's been a while since I've had to do this and the drive that contained > all of my notes is dead, along with the backup (I was actually lucky to > recover my home drive before it also failed but my notes were not > there). I cannot for the life of me remember how to properly add an > unprivledged user that will only be used for running a specific system > service. So it doesn't need a login shell or $HOME. Add a user and set the shell to /bin/false or perhaps /sbin/nologin; for $HOME set it to /var/empty or /tmp, perhaps. Regards, -- -Chuck
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