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Re: Anybody know who user-65534 is?



On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Aug 2014 08:17:50 +0100
> Joe <joe@jretrading.com> wrote:
>
>> I have /usr/sbin/nologin also. This is up-to-date sid with systemd,
>> which may not have the same defaults as previous distributions.
>
> Curious. And what shell do they set now for users with uid < 100?
>
> I've checked more-or-less fresh testing with systemd, and it says to me:
>
> # getent passwd nobody
> nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/bin/sh

Up-to-date Wheezy:

nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/bin/sh

nogroup:x:65534:

also

sshd:x:108:65534::/var/run/sshd:/usr/sbin/nologin

> Anyway, changing nobody's shell to /bin/sh is worth trying IMO.
> /usr/sbin/nologin as a shell is the RedHat way, not a Debian one.
>
> Reco

You might compare with

grep false /etc/passwd

-- 
Joel Rees

Be careful where you see conspiracy.
Look first in your own heart.


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