Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 09:33:07 -0700 (PDT) From: David Kirchner <davidk@accretivetg.com> To: Ivan Krstic <ike@gnjilux.srk.fer.hr> Cc: <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: bin user Message-ID: <20010813093238.B38221-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20010813193429.Z3889@gnjilux.cc.fer.hr>
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On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, Ivan Krstic wrote: > On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 01:26:44PM -0400, alexus wrote: > > is it safe to allow user bin have shell but with password that no one will > > know? > > [snip] > If the only reason to give the bin user a shell is so you can su to this > account, there's no need to assign a password at all. It'd probably be better to leave the shell as /sbin/nologin, and then just use 'su -m bin' to su to bin. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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