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Date:      Thu, 11 Aug 2016 07:17:42 +0200
From:      Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu>
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:  <20160811051742.GB96200@home.opsec.eu>
In-Reply-To: <20160811070505.2c1a1466@freyja.zeit4.iv.bundesimmobilien.de>
References:  <20160811070505.2c1a1466@freyja.zeit4.iv.bundesimmobilien.de>

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Hi!

> 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.

Indeed, but I can't reproduce it on my hosts. There must be some reason
for this to happen ?

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pi@opsec.eu            +49 171 3101372                         4 years to go !



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