[418] in Athena Bugs
/etc/nocreate
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (qjb@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sun May 29 11:04:22 1988
From: <qjb@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Sun, 29 May 88 11:03:51 EDT
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU, treese@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Perhaps the meaning of /etc/nocreate should be reconsidered. Right now it
seems to have the effect not only of prohibiting users who don't have
/etc/passwd entries from logging in, but preventing the encrypted password
to replace * in the password field (I ran into this problem with xscreesaver
a while back) as well as preventing the /etc/group file to be updated with
new information when necessary. All it should really do is prevent the loggin
in of unauthorized users, yes?
Jay Berkebilt
