Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 22:16:46 -0700 From: Ngie Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> To: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Passwordless accounts vi ports! Message-ID: <B77B39ED-9A75-4C36-A1F5-4F76CA19E42D@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20160811070505.2c1a1466@freyja.zeit4.iv.bundesimmobilien.de> References: <20160811070505.2c1a1466@freyja.zeit4.iv.bundesimmobilien.de>
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> On Aug 10, 2016, at 22:05, O. Hartmann <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > > I just checked the security scanning outputs of FreeBSD and found this > surprising result: > > [...] > Checking for passwordless accounts: > polkitd::565:565::0:0:Polkit Daemon User:/var/empty:/usr/sbin/nologin > pulse::563:563::0:0:PulseAudio System User:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin > saned::194:194::0:0:SANE Scanner Daemon:/nonexistent:/bin/sh > clamav::106:106::0:0:Clamav Antivirus:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin > bacula::910:910::0:0:Bacula Daemon:/var/db/bacula:/usr/sbin/nologin > [...] > > Obviously, some ports install accounts but do not secure them as there is an > empty password. > > I consider this not a feature, but a bug. saned is the only one that might concern me because the login shell isn't nologin(1). Cheers, -Ngiehelp
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