Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 17:49:38 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: John Case <case@SDF.ORG> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Did /nonexistent go away in FreeBSD 9 ? Message-ID: <444mx6x24t.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.4.64.1408192023410.7410@faeroes.freeshell.org> (John Case's message of "Tue, 19 Aug 2014 20:29:07 %2B0000 (UTC)") References: <Pine.NEB.4.64.1408192023410.7410@faeroes.freeshell.org>
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John Case <case@SDF.ORG> writes: > I point a particular application to a 7.x system using a login with > /nonexistent as the home directory and /sbin/nologin as the shell. > > I copied the line from 'vipw' into a new 9.x system, and now when I > try to connect, the application complains. Rather weak description there... > I also have securelevel=2 ... > > So, did something change with /nonexistent in FreeBSD 9, or does > securelevel=2 screw this up somehow ?? Nothing changed; isn't (for example) "nobody" using a home directory in that form?
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