Re: System users and valid shells...
Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann-uwe.de> writes:
> On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 11:12:35AM +0300, Jari Aalto wrote:
>> > The rest of the system accounts are happily running with /bin/false
>>
>> There is now /bin/nologin which is more secure
>
> I think you mean /usr/sbin/nologin, right? Please define "more secure"
> in this context.
The /bin/nologin records the user who tried to log in. This helps
auditing the system and provides more secure approach to system
monitoring.
/bin/nologin is straight replacement of /bin/false. It originates
from BSD systems.
Jari
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