On Sat, 14 Nov 2015 15:27:58 +0100 Michael Biebl <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
Hello Michael,
> on Debian, the nologin binary can be found under /usr/sbin/nologin, and
> this is what's used in passwd:
>
> $ getent passwd | grep nologin
> daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/usr/sbin/nologin
> bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/usr/sbin/nologin
> sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/usr/sbin/nologin
> games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/usr/sbin/nologin
> man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/usr/sbin/nologin
> lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/usr/sbin/nologin
> mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/usr/sbin/nologin
> news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/usr/sbin/nologin
> uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/usr/sbin/nologin
> proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/usr/sbin/nologin
> www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/usr/sbin/nologin
> backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/usr/sbin/nologin
> list:x:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/usr/sbin/nologin
> irc:x:39:39:ircd:/var/run/ircd:/usr/sbin/nologin
> gnats:x:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System
(admin):/var/lib/gnats:/usr/sbin/nologin
> nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/usr/sbin/nologin
> sshd:x:116:65534::/var/run/sshd:/usr/sbin/nologin
>
> Looking at the accountsservice code though, it uses
> src/user-classify.c:#define PATH_NOLOGIN "/sbin/nologin"
> src/user-classify.c: nologin_basename = g_path_get_basename
(PATH_NOLOGIN);
Well the code seems to use the g_path_get_basename() function, so as
long as it finishes with "nologin" it will match, so I don't think it's
that bad.
> Ideally this path (and also /sbin/false) could be set via a --configure
> switch.
Or be able to be configured at runtime, same for the UID_MIN
