Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 07:14:13 -0600 From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) To: terry@vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de Cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Login hole Message-ID: <9508171314.AA03564@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> In-Reply-To: <199508171242.OAA08020@vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de> (terry@vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
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>>>>> "Terry" == Terry Carroll <terry@vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de> writes:
Terry> Login with no home directory should be denied for normal
Terry> user. Should not drop one into /.
I realize precedent isn't necessarily a good reason for inaction, but
on every SysV and BSD system I've used, no login directory leaves you
in /. Some of my users find this behavior convenient ... if the NFS
server for their home directories is down, they can still read mail.
--
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Lab, Boulder Colorado USA
It's sad that a family can be torn apart by something as simple as a
pack of wild dogs. -- Jack Handey
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