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Re: /bin/false



on Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 07:27:56PM -0200, Flavio Alberto (amd@aserver.com.br) wrote:
> I'm find /bin/false for intall in my Debian box?

If you're looking for the package in which it's included:

    $ dpkg -S /bin/false
    shellutils: /bin/false

The file itself simply returns an exit value of 1.  On some Unices it's
just a shell script:

    #!/bin/sh
    exit 1

Though in Debian GNU/Linux it's an executable.

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