On Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 03:20:15PM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > also, i noticed that some accounts which are disabled are given a shell of > > /bin/false: > > > > ftp:x:100:65534::/home/ftp:/bin/false > > > > tiger seemed to hate this too. i tried playing around with /bin/false. > > can't seem to figure out what it is. whatever it is, it's tiny. only 4 kb > > long. > > See man false.
Now I also have heard that a shell script /bin/false is a bad thing, because it still allows some nasty shell tricks, but I haven't come across any examples. It is also usually what distros install. However, writing one in C proved to be simple, and an afternoon's worth of fun. Oh writing it sure didn't take all afternoon, but the fun did. My current /bin/false is a compiled ELF file, and I don't really know if it's mine or Potato's (it's been a long time). -- Jonathan Markevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.geocities.com/jmarkevich == It's VIRUSES, not VIRII! See http://language.perl.com/misc/virus.html == Man and wife make one fool.