Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 13:46:00 -0400 From: "alexus" <ml@db.nexgen.com> To: "David Kirchner" <davidk@accretivetg.com>, "Ivan Krstic" <ike@gnjilux.srk.fer.hr> Cc: <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: bin user Message-ID: <000b01c1241f$d0e74c90$0d00a8c0@alexus> References: <20010813093238.B38221-100000@localhost>
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hm, i like yours is better the only question will it work from crontab? ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Kirchner" <davidk@accretivetg.com> To: "Ivan Krstic" <ike@gnjilux.srk.fer.hr> Cc: <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 12:33 PM Subject: Re: bin user > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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