Re: Bug#2713: new /etc/passwd has corrupt entry for 'nobody'

To: maor@ece.utexas.edu
Cc: debian-devel@Pixar.com (Debian Developer Mailing List)
Subject: Re: Bug#2713: new /etc/passwd has corrupt entry for 'nobody'
From: david@eos.lugs.ch (David Frey)
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 23:49:36 +0200 (MET DST)
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] Pine.A32.3.91.960418032718.14210B-100000@lupus.ece.utexas.edu> from "Guy Maor" at Apr 18, 96 03:31:26 am

Hi Guy,
		
Guy> There's another mistake - the shell should be /bin/sh, not /dev/null.
Guy> Several scripts,  find's cron script for example, su to nobody for
Guy> safety.

Depends probably on 'su'. My su (from the shadow package) and keeps the
old $SHELL variable and looks only in /etc/passwd if there is SHELL variable
set.

David
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- Bug#2713: new /etc/passwd has corrupt entry for 'nobody'
  - From: Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>

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