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Preventing logins /bin/false ?



Hi,

Quick question.
I have been using /dev/null to prevent shell logins (yet still leave pop3
etc running) as follows:
username:x:1000:1000:Mr User,,,:/home/homedir:/dev/null

I noticed that the shell can also be put as /bin/false as in ftp

I prefer /dev/null as the user is instantaneously disconnected without any
messages.

Is there a possible problem with this ?

Ian




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