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Date:      Mon, 23 Feb 2004 09:53:39 -0800
From:      Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com>
To:        "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net>
Cc:        kientzle@acm.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/nologin Makefile nologin.c
Message-ID:  <403A3E23.3010101@kientzle.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040223132445.GD77434@over-yonder.net>
References:  <200402221003.i1MA3PW0024791@repoman.freebsd.org> <403944D8.6050107@kientzle.com> <20040223025647.GA43467@VARK.homeunix.com> <40397824.3080607@kientzle.com> <20040223052110.GA58255@VARK.homeunix.com> <40399858.8060506@kientzle.com> <20040223132445.GD77434@over-yonder.net>

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Matthew D. Fuller wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 10:06:16PM -0800 I heard the voice of
> Tim Kientzle, and lo! it spake thus:
> 
>>Is there any reason why "login -p" should be permitted
>>if the user's shell is not listed in /etc/shells ?
> 
> What about people who put nologin in shells so the users can FTP
> files, but not login to the system?
> 

If users aren't logging into the system, they have
no need to use the "-p" option to the login program.

Or have I missed your point?

Tim




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