From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Oct 31 17:15:42 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA18712 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 17:15:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-20.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id RAA18707 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 17:15:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fhackers@jraynard.demon.co.uk) Received: from jraynard.demon.co.uk ([158.152.42.77]) by post.mail.demon.net id aa2010089; 1 Nov 97 1:00 GMT Received: (from fhackers@localhost) by jraynard.demon.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA02909; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 20:05:43 GMT (envelope-from fhackers) Message-ID: <19971031200542.27049@jraynard.demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 20:05:42 +0000 From: James Raynard To: Guy Helmer Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suggested addition to /etc/security References: <19971030224420.52951@jraynard.demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.81e In-Reply-To: ; from Guy Helmer on Thu, Oct 30, 1997 at 07:50:42PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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/