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Date:      Thu, 6 Jan 2005 02:48:12 +0100
From:      Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Running top on system console without being logged on
Message-ID:  <1507832106.20050106024812@wanadoo.fr>
In-Reply-To: <040201c4f372$06d09210$92a7cb52@rekon>
References:  <1761142680.20050104050725@wanadoo.fr> <040201c4f372$06d09210$92a7cb52@rekon>

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> How about creating a user like this with vipw:
> topper::userno:groupno::0:0:Topper Harley:/nonexistent:/usr/bin/top
> and then just logging in on spare console screen as topper?
>
> I'm not sure if there are security implications though, even if the user
> is not member of the wheel group etc.

I've considered this, but like you, I'm not sure of the security
implications, so I haven't actually done it.  And is it possible to
include command-line options in the login shell command for a user?

--
Anthony




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