>>>>> "Dragos" == Dragos Delcea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Dragos> I know that, but I'm courious: why /etc/passwd didn't came Dragos> with /bin/false as default setting (I'm talking about system Dragos> accounts that really don't use/need the shell) There are some programs which rely on the fact that a system user has a valid shell. su for example: if you set the shell of a user to /bin/false, you can't do things like "su user -c ...". However, if you look in /etc/shadow, you will notice lines like: daemon:*:11419:0:99999:7::: The `*' in the second field prevents people from logging in directly using this account. -- G. ``Iggy'' Geens - ICQ: #64109250 Home: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Work: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> WWW: http://users.pandora.be/guy.geens/ ``I was thinking about how everyone was dying and maybe it's time to live.'' - Eels
