Am Mit, 2002-12-18 um 15.09 schrieb OTERO Hernan Gustavo EDS:
> 
> Looking in the /etc/passwd in my RH 8.0 instalation, the users
> 
> news:x:9:13:news:/etc/news:
> rpm:x:37:37::/var/lib/rpm:/bin/bash
> 
> has shell. Why this users need shell?

news needs a shell if you want to run a newsserver like "inn". Some
commands should be done as user "news", i.e. adding a group or feeding
news.

Ciao

Achim

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