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Re: Why do system users have valid shells



> Is there a reason why Debian chooses to specify /bin/sh for system 
 don't know.
 
> accounts? Do we risk breaking anything if we perform an 
> s/\/bin\/sh$/\/bin\/false/ ?
 Yes, you'll run into trouble trying to run cronjobs as those system users,
also su user -c command won't work, you'll need to use sudo or suid bit,
and that's a bit messy.

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Dariush Pietrzak,
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