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Subject: bin/2464: adduser claims /nonexistent is an invalid shell
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>Number:         2464
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       adduser claims /nonexistent is an invalid shell
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Jan 12 08:50:02 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Andrew Stevenson
>Organization:
>Release:        2.2-BETA_A
>Environment:
FreeBSD sally.ugh.net.au 2.2-BETA_A FreeBSD 2.2-BETA_A #0: Sat Jan 11 22:19:46
EST 1997	andrew@sally.ugh.net.au:/usr/src/sys/compile/SALLY	i386
>Description:
When you run adduser it complains that /nonexistent is an invlaid shell.
While it is an invalid shell adduser used to have an exception for it as
it was great to give non loginable accounts.
>How-To-Repeat:
Runn adduser when accounts in /etc/master.passwd have /nonexistent as
their shell.
>Fix:

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: