On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 12:08:17PM -0800, Eric N. Valor wrote: > > Try setting the shell to /bin/true (and make sure this is listed in > /etc/shells). /bin/true returns a zero result and exits. It allows you > to "log in" via daemons that require a valid shell, yet won't allow > telnet-style access (no real shell, just a "true" result). [snip]
/usr/bin/passwd can sometimes be usefull as shell... By the way, check the bugtraq archives -- remote exploits for accounts with /bin/false as shell have been seen on there. Jörgen