Re: Why does the user 'nobody' have a shell?
>>>>> "Ben" == Ben Armstrong <synrg@sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca> writes:
Ben> The command interpreter field provides the name of the
Ben> user's command language interpreter, or the name of the
Ben> initial program to execute. Login uses this information to
Ben> set the value of the SHELL environmental variable. If this
Ben> field is empty, it defaults to the value /bin/sh.
Ah, interesting.
Ben> Processes running as 'nobody' still have an environment, and
Ben> could potentially make use of SHELL, could they not? I think
Ben> where you've gone wrong is in interpreting this field
Ben> strictly as a "login shell" field.
That's probably true. I wasn't meaning to interpret anything, I
was just noting that our setup is different from most others'. :)
Ben
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