Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 20:05:42 +0000 From: James Raynard <fhackers@jraynard.demon.co.uk> To: Guy Helmer <ghelmer@cs.iastate.edu> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suggested addition to /etc/security Message-ID: <19971031200542.27049@jraynard.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.HPP.3.96.971030194120.6034C-100000@popeye.cs.iastate.edu>; from Guy Helmer on Thu, Oct 30, 1997 at 07:50:42PM -0600 References: <19971030224420.52951@jraynard.demon.co.uk> <Pine.HPP.3.96.971030194120.6034C-100000@popeye.cs.iastate.edu>
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On Thu, Oct 30, 1997 at 07:50:42PM -0600, Guy Helmer wrote: > On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, James Raynard wrote: > > > How about adding a check for processes run by non-existent users as well, > > while we're on the subject? I've seen cases of people's login sessions > > living on weeks or even months after they've left... > > That's odd -- the current rmuser should kill all of the user's processes > (but that change didn't make it into 2.2 until 2.2.5). Ah sorry, I didn't realise it did that now. (The machines I was referring to weren't FreeBSD ones, BTW). If you're still in the mood for suggestions, how about an option to tar and zip up the user's home directory and archive it somewhere before deleting it? Sometimes people leave useful things in there and no-one realises until they're needed several weeks later - and restoring from an off-site backup is slow and inconvenient (assuming the tape hasn't been recycled by then). -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland. james@jraynard.demon.co.uk http://www.freebsd.org/~jraynard/
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