[99507] in RedHat Linux List
RE: /bin/false and /etc/shells ( was RE: radius (was: Re: Keeping certain users out....))
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dsb3)
Sun Nov 15 02:58:15 1998
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 02:01:20 -0600 (CST)
From: dsb3 <dsb3@earthlink.net>
To: Charles Galpin <cgalpin@lighthouse-software.com>
cc: Ramon Gandia <redhat-list@redhat.com>
In-Reply-To: <199811150440.XAA00683@smtp1.erols.com>
Resent-From: redhat-list@redhat.com
Reply-To: redhat-list@redhat.com
On Sat, 14 Nov 1998, Charles Galpin wrote:
>I guess that last sentence was NOT readable then. :)
>
>I was not the one asking about radius, I don't even know what it is. I do
>understand everything you have talked about regarding shells and using the
>false script (which I have).
>
>My question is simply this. If /bin/false is not currently in /etc/shells,
>is this a problem?
>
this depends on the application that you're using.
I know that some ftp daemons will not allow a user to connect if their
shell is not in /etc/shells.
ymmv
-dave
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