I have a question about /etc/passwd... I typically go thru and put a * in all accounts except for 'root' and change the shell to '/bin/false' when I first setup a box, to make sure the account cannot be logged into. Is there a specific reason why this is not done? Are there any implications I just haven't noticed about doing this? Am I just retarded and missing something obvious? It doesn't seem to break anything when I do that, but thought I'd ask for someone else's input/opinion.
TIA, Steven Beverly "Failure is not an option, it comes pre-installed with your Windoze software..." -Unknown "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster...when you gaze long into the abyss the abyss also gazes into you." -Friedrich Nietzsche "Time is dead...I stabbed him in the eye with a fork." -Poxin
