From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG  Mon Feb 23 13:10:43 2004
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8EE516A4CE
	for <current@freebsd.org>; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 13:10:43 -0800 (PST)
Received: from bache.ece.cmu.edu (BACHE.ECE.CMU.EDU [128.2.129.23])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E43443D2F
	for <current@freebsd.org>; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 13:10:43 -0800 (PST)
	(envelope-from allbery@ece.cmu.edu)
Received: by bache.ece.cmu.edu (Postfix, from userid 953)
	id CBDDAAA; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 16:10:42 -0500 (EST)
Received: from [128.2.136.40] (PYANFAR.ECE.CMU.EDU [128.2.136.40])
	by bache.ece.cmu.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3011BE
	for <current@freebsd.org>; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 16:10:13 -0500 (EST)
From: "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <allbery@ece.cmu.edu>
To: current@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <200402231553.34677.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
References: <6.0.1.1.1.20040223171828.03de8b30@imap.sfu.ca>
	 <200402231516.16586.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <403A64E7.4020607@kientzle.com>
	 <200402231553.34677.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Content-Type: text/plain
Message-Id: <1077570613.1987.2.camel@pyanfar.ece.cmu.edu>
Mime-Version: 1.0
X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 16:10:13 -0500
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-22.6 required=5.0
	tests=BAYES_01,IN_REP_TO,REFERENCES,USER_AGENT_XIMIAN
	autolearn=ham	version=2.50
X-Spam-Level: 
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp)
Subject: Re: What to do about nologin(8)?
X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current
	<freebsd-current.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current>,
	<mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current>,
	<mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 21:10:43 -0000

Perhaps I'm missing something obvious, but is moving nologin to
/usr/sbin and putting a compatibility symlink (or if necessitated by
e.g. support for non-unix boot filesystems, a static stub executable to
exec the real one) in /sbin not a possibility?

-- 
brandon s. allbery    [linux,solaris,freebsd,perl]     allbery@kf8nh.com
system administrator      [WAY too many hats]        allbery@ece.cmu.edu
electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon univ.         KF8NH