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Re: Turning off shell access



Dave Sherohman wrote:
> There are actually a few things which complain about shells that
> aren't in /etc/shells, so I usually add /bin/false to that list.

That's not a good idea.  Programs such as ftpd which don't run the
shell will now think that users with /bin/false as a shell are fully
allowed into the system.  It bypasses the check that /etc/shells is
there to provide.

Bob

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