Re: Disabling Accounts

On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 04:27:52PM +0300, Vasily Korytov wrote: > Hello Magus, > > > I have a question about /etc/passwd... > > > I typically go thru and put a * in all accounts except for 'root' and change > > the shell to '/bin/false' when I first setup a box, to make sure the account > > canno

Re: Disabling Accounts

Hello Magus, > I have a question about /etc/passwd... > I typically go thru and put a * in all accounts except for 'root' and change > the shell to '/bin/false' when I first setup a box, to make sure the account > cannot be logged into. Is there a specific reason why this is not done? Are > there

Re: Disabling Accounts

On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 04:27:52PM +0300, Vasily Korytov wrote: > Hello Magus, > > > I have a question about /etc/passwd... > > > I typically go thru and put a * in all accounts except for 'root' and change > > the shell to '/bin/false' when I first setup a box, to make sure the account > > cann

Re: Disabling Accounts

Hello Magus, > I have a question about /etc/passwd... > I typically go thru and put a * in all accounts except for 'root' and change > the shell to '/bin/false' when I first setup a box, to make sure the account > cannot be logged into. Is there a specific reason why this is not done? Are > ther

Disabling Accounts

I have a question about /etc/passwd... I typically go thru and put a * in all accounts except for 'root' and change the shell to '/bin/false' when I first setup a box, to make sure the account cannot be logged into. Is there a specific reason why this is not done? Are there any implications I just

Disabling Accounts

I have a question about /etc/passwd... I typically go thru and put a * in all accounts except for 'root' and change the shell to '/bin/false' when I first setup a box, to make sure the account cannot be logged into. Is there a specific reason why this is not done? Are there any implications I jus