Bernhard R. Link wrote: > * Marc Haber <mh+debian-devel@zugschlus.de> [060513 16:34]: > >>in login 4.0.13, /usr/bin/nologin has appeared which seems to be a >>good default choice for accounts that do not allow shell login. > > > /bin/false and /bin/true have the advantage of relatively well-defined > meanings (no login vs. no shell login). > So some absurd ftp server or something might compare it with /bin/false, > but then of course the second defense line of an disabled password hash > is still there. > Out of curiousity, what happens when someone tries to login and /usr is unavailable? If the shell is set to something in /bin, it will still be used. What is the default action when the user's shell is not available? -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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