On Sun, 8 Mar 1998, Aaron Walker wrote:
>Is it possible to have shadow passwords installed and have an
>/etc/passwd like:
>
>root:RLx6uuTK6dzWg:0:1:Operator:/:/bin/csh
>nobody:*:-2:-2::/:
>daemon:*:1:1::/:
>sys:*:2:2::/:/bin/csh
>bin:*:3:3::/bin:
>uucp:*:4:4::/var/spool/uucppublic:
>ftp:*:5:5:Anonymous File Thief:/var/ftp:
>news:*:6:6::/var/spool/news:/bin/csh
>ingres:*:7:7::/usr/ingres:/bin/csh
>audit:*:9:9::/etc/security/audit:/bin/csh
>sync::1:1::/:/bin/sync
>+::0:0:::
>
>Everyone is shadowed except root.  Is this possible?

That last line doesn't look right, and looks downright suspicious.
Also, all system accounts should have a Bourne shell variant (/bin/sh,
/bin/bash, /bin/ksh, /bin/pdksh) as a default shell, not /bin/csh.

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    Steve Coile
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