Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 08:12:18 +0100 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> To: John Case <case@SDF.ORG>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Did /nonexistent go away in FreeBSD 9 ? Message-ID: <53F59BD2.8010902@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.4.64.1408192023410.7410@faeroes.freeshell.org> References: <Pine.NEB.4.64.1408192023410.7410@faeroes.freeshell.org>
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On 19/08/2014 21:29, John Case wrote: > > I point a particular application to a 7.x system using a login with > /nonexistent as the home directory and /sbin/nologin as the shell. > > I copied the line from 'vipw' into a new 9.x system, and now when I try > to connect, the application complains. It would help if you told us what the complaint was, and also what the app was, or at least what it's supposed to do. > I also have securelevel=2 ... > > So, did something change with /nonexistent in FreeBSD 9, or does > securelevel=2 screw this up somehow ?? The entire point about /nonexistent is that it is nonexistent.
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